Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to Logic Through Language (Philosophy: The Big Questions)
"Meaning and Argumentis an excellent logic textbook that not only introduces students to the techniques of English symbolization and the truth-tree method, but it also to a fascinating array of topics in linguistic syntax and semantics, including logical form, anaphora, adverbial modification, descriptions, among others. My first-year logic students have enjoyed Lepore’s book immensely and have found it to be very helpful and accessible. This new and revised edition will be even more beneficial for students and instructors."Ray Elugardo, University of Oklahoma<!--end-->“Here is logic as it ought to be presented to philosophers, linguists, and anyone else who is interested in how language is organized. In Ernie Lepore’s hands grammar comes alive. I recommend this book to all who want to learn what logic is, how to use it, and what it is good for.”Donald Davidson, University of California at Berkeley“With care, imagination, and infectious enthusiasm, Lepore develops a novel and effective general technique of formalization which complete beginners should be able to grasp and use to deal with virtually any example in a first logic course.”Bob Hale, University of Glasgow"This is a very nice and very elementary introduction to logic with emphasis on the translation from natural language formulations into their corresponding versions within a formalized language."Zentralblatt MATH