The power of logic
By: Frances Howard-Snyder, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Ryan Wasserman
Contributors: Howard-Snyder, Daniel; Wasserman, Ryan
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780078038198
Subjects: Textbooks; Logic
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: XV; label: Chapter 1
title: Basic Concepts
pagenum: 1; label: 1.1
title: Validity and Soundness
pagenum: 4; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 10; title: Exercise 1.1
pagenum: 10; label: 1.2
title: Forms and Validity
pagenum: 14; title: Argument Forms
pagenum: 14; title: Understanding Conditional Statements
pagenum: 17; title: Famous Valid Forms
pagenum: 19; title: The Famous Forms Method
pagenum: 25; title: Summary of Famous Valid Forms
pagenum: 25; title: The Famous Forms Method
pagenum: 26; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 28; title: Exercise 1.2
pagenum: 28; label: 1.3
title: Counterexamples and Invalidity
pagenum: 33; title: Counterexamples
pagenum: 33; title: The Counterexample Method
pagenum: 36; title: Categorical Statements and Arguments
pagenum: 36; title: The Counterexample Method
pagenum: 46; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 47; title: Exercise 1.3
pagenum: 48; label: 1.4
title: Strength and Cogency
pagenum: 50; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 56; title: Exercise 1.4
pagenum: 57; title: Notes
pagenum: 60; label: Chapter 2
title: Identifying Arguments
pagenum: 63; label: 2.1
title: Arguments and Nonarguments
pagenum: 63; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 67; title: Exercise 2.1
pagenum: 68; label: 2.2
title: Well-Crafted Arguments
pagenum: 70; title: Summary of Principles for Constructing Well-Crafted Arguments
pagenum: 86; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 86; title: Exercise 2.2
pagenum: 86; label: 2.3
title: Argument Diagrams
pagenum: 95; title: Exercise 2.3
pagenum: 99; title: Notes
pagenum: 104; label: Chapter 3
title: Logic and Language
pagenum: 107; label: 3.1
title: Logic, Meaning, and Emotive Force
pagenum: 109; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 113; title: Exercise 3.1
pagenum: 114; label: 3.2
title: Definitions
pagenum: 116; title: Extensional and Intensional Definitions
pagenum: 116; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 123; title: Definition by Genus and Difference
pagenum: 123; title: Summary of Criteria for Evaluating Definitions by Genus and Difference
pagenum: 130; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 130; title: Exercise 3.2
pagenum: 131; label: 3.3
title: Using Definitions to Evaluate Arguments
pagenum: 135; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 139; title: Exercise 3.3
pagenum: 140; title: Notes
pagenum: 145; label: Chapter 4
title: Informal Fallacies
pagenum: 147; label: 4.1
title: Fallacies of Irrelevance
pagenum: 149; title: Argument Against the Person (Ad Hominem Fallacy)
pagenum: 149; title: Straw Man Fallacy
pagenum: 152; title: Appeal to Force (Ad Baculum Fallacy)
pagenum: 153; title: Appeal to the People (Ad Populum Fallacy)
pagenum: 155; title: Appeal to Pity (Ad Misericordiam Fallacy)
pagenum: 156; title: Appeal to Ignorance (Ad Ignorantiam Fallacy)
pagenum: 157; title: Red Herring (Ignoratio Elenchi Fallacy)
pagenum: 159; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 160; title: Exercise 4.1
pagenum: 161; label: 4.2
title: Fallacies Involving Ambiguity
pagenum: 166; title: Equivocation
pagenum: 166; title: Amphiboly
pagenum: 168; title: Composition
pagenum: 171; title: Division
pagenum: 173; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 174; title: Exercise 4.2
pagenum: 174; label: 4.3
title: Fallacies Involving Unwarranted Assumptions
pagenum: 177; title: Begging the Question (Petitio Principii)
pagenum: 177; title: False Dilemma
pagenum: 180; title: Appeal to Unreliable Authority (Ad Verecundiam Fallacy)
pagenum: 182; title: False Cause Fallacy
pagenum: 183; title: Complex Question
pagenum: 186; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 188; title: Exercise 4.3
pagenum: 189; title: Notes
pagenum: 195; label: Chapter 5
title: Categorical Logic: Statements
pagenum: 197; label: 5.1
title: Standard Forms of Categorical Statements
pagenum: 197; title: Quality and Quantity
pagenum: 199; title: Summary of Standard Forms
pagenum: 199; title: Putting Categorical Statements into Standard Form
pagenum: 200; title: Summary of Stylistic Variants
pagenum: 201; title: Exercise 5.1
pagenum: 202; label: 5.2
title: The Traditional Square of Opposition
pagenum: 205; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 209; title: Exercise 5.2
pagenum: 209; label: 5.3
title: Further Immediate Inferences
pagenum: 212; title: Conversion
pagenum: 212; title: Obversion
pagenum: 214; title: Contraposition
pagenum: 216; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 218; title: Summary Table: Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition
pagenum: 219; title: Exercise 5.3
pagenum: 219; label: Chapter 6
title: Categorical Logic: Syllogisms
pagenum: 225; label: 6.1
title: Standard Form, Mood, and Figure
pagenum: 225; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 229; title: Exercise 6.1
pagenum: 229; label: 6.2
title: Venn Diagrams and Categorical Statements
pagenum: 232; title: Summary of Diagrams of Categorical Statements
pagenum: 241; title: Exercise 6.2
pagenum: 241; label: 6.3
title: Venn Diagrams and Categorical Syllogisms
pagenum: 242; title: Exercise 6.3
pagenum: 248; label: 6.4
title: The Modern Square of Opposition
pagenum: 250; title: Exercise 6.4
pagenum: 257; label: 6.5
title: Enthymemes
pagenum: 259; title: Exercise 6.5
pagenum: 262; label: 6.6
title: Sorites and Removing Term-Complements
pagenum: 263; title: Sorites
pagenum: 263; title: Removing Term-Complements
pagenum: 266; title: Exercise 6.6
pagenum: 268; label: 6.7
title: Rules for Evaluating Syllogisms
pagenum: 271; title: Summary of Rules for Determining the Validity of Categorical Syllogisms
pagenum: 274; title: Exercise 6.7
pagenum: 275; title: Notes
pagenum: 277; label: Chapter 7
title: Statement Logic: Truth Tables
pagenum: 279; label: 7.1
title: Symbolizing English Arguments
pagenum: 280; title: Negations
pagenum: 281; title: Conjunctions
pagenum: 284; title: Disjunctions
pagenum: 285; title: Conditionals
pagenum: 287; title: Biconditionals
pagenum: 289; title: Putting It All Together
pagenum: 290; title: Symbol System for Statement Logic: A More Precise Formulation
pagenum: 296; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 299; title: Exercise 7.1
pagenum: 299; label: 7.2
title: Truth Tables
pagenum: 303; title: Negations
pagenum: 304; title: Conjunctions
pagenum: 304; title: Disjunctions
pagenum: 305; title: Conditionals
pagenum: 305; title: Biconditionals
pagenum: 307; title: Summary of Truth Tables for the Five Compounds
pagenum: 309; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 310; title: Exercise 7.2
pagenum: 310; label: 7.3
title: Using Truth Tables to Evaluate Arguments
pagenum: 311; title: Remembering Truth Conditions
pagenum: 317; title: Summary of Truth Table Method
pagenum: 320; title: Exercise 7.3
pagenum: 320; label: 7.4
title: Abbreviated Truth Tables
pagenum: 322; title: Summary of the Abbreviated Truth Table Method
pagenum: 329; title: Exercise 7.4
pagenum: 329; label: 7.5
title: Logically Significant Categories and Relationships
pagenum: 333; title: Tautology, Contradiction, and Contingency
pagenum: 333; title: Equivalence, Contradictoriness, Consistency, and Inconsistency
pagenum: 336; title: Concluding Observations
pagenum: 338; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 341; title: Exercise 7.5
pagenum: 341; title: Note
pagenum: 343; label: Chapter 8
title: Statement Logic: Proofs
pagenum: 345; label: 8.1
title: Implicational Rules of Inference
pagenum: 345; title: Summary of Implicational Rules
pagenum: 359; title: Exercise 8.1
pagenum: 360; label: 8.2
title: Five Equivalence Rules
pagenum: 365; title: Summary of the First Set of Equivalence Rules
pagenum: 372; title: Exercise 8.2
pagenum: 374; label: 8.3
title: Five More Equivalence Rules
pagenum: 378; title: Summary of the Second Set of Equivalence Rules
pagenum: 382; title: Exercise 8.3
pagenum: 382; label: 8.4
title: Conditional Proof
pagenum: 388; title: Exercise 8.4
pagenum: 394; label: 8.5
title: Reductio ad Absurdum
pagenum: 397; title: Summary of Tips for Constructing Proofs
pagenum: 400; title: Exercise 8.5
pagenum: 402; label: 8.6
title: Proving Theorems
pagenum: 406; title: Exercise 8.6
pagenum: 409; title: Notes
pagenum: 411; label: Chapter 9
title: Predicate Logic
pagenum: 413; label: 9.1
title: The Language of Predicate Logic
pagenum: 413; title: Predicates, Constants, and Variables
pagenum: 414; title: The Universal Quantifier
pagenum: 415; title: The Existential Quantifier
pagenum: 418; title: The Language of Predicate Logic: A More Precise Formulation
pagenum: 420; title: Summary of Symbolizations
pagenum: 424; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 425; title: Exercise 9.1
pagenum: 426; label: 9.2
title: Demonstrating Invalidity
pagenum: 430; title: Summary of the Finite Universe Method
pagenum: 438; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 438; title: Exercise 9.2
pagenum: 438; label: 9.3
title: Constructing Proofs
pagenum: 440; title: Universal Instantiation
pagenum: 442; title: Summary of Universal Instantiation (UI)
pagenum: 444; title: Existential Generalization
pagenum: 445; title: Summary of Existential Generalization (EG)
pagenum: 446; title: Existential Instantiation
pagenum: 447; title: Summary of Existential Instantiation (EI)
pagenum: 450; title: Universal Generalization
pagenum: 450; title: Summary of Universal Generalization (UG)
pagenum: 453; title: Exercise 9.3
pagenum: 453; label: 9.4
title: Quantifier Negation, RAA, and CP
pagenum: 460; title: Summary of Tips for Predicate Logic
pagenum: 465; title: Exercise 9.4
pagenum: 465; label: 9.5
title: The Logic of Relations: Symbolizations
pagenum: 468; title: Summary of Symbolizations
pagenum: 471; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 473; title: Exercise 9.5
pagenum: 473; label: 9.6
title: The Logic of Relations: Proofs
pagenum: 477; title: Exercise 9.6
pagenum: 481; label: 9.7
title: Identity: Symbolizations
pagenum: 486; title: Exercise 9.7
pagenum: 490; label: 9.8
title: Identity: Proofs
pagenum: 490; title: Exercise 9.8
pagenum: 492; title: Notes
pagenum: 496; label: Chapter 10
title: Inductive Logic
pagenum: 499; label: 10.1
title: Inductive and Deductive Logic
pagenum: 499; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 505; title: Exercise 10.1
pagenum: 505; label: 10.2
title: Ordinary Reasoning: Authority, Analogy, and Enumeration
pagenum: 507; title: Arguments from Authority
pagenum: 507; title: Summary of Arguments from Authority
pagenum: 509; title: Arguments from Analogy
pagenum: 509; title: Summary of Arguments from Analogy
pagenum: 513; title: Induction by Enumeration
pagenum: 513; title: Summary of Induction by Enumeration
pagenum: 517; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 517; title: Exercise 10.2
pagenum: 518; label: 10.3
title: Scientific Reasoning: Mill's Method
pagenum: 522; title: Mill's Methods
pagenum: 523; title: Scientific Reasoning
pagenum: 526; title: Summary of Mill's Methods
pagenum: 531; title: Exercise 10.3
pagenum: 531; label: 10.4
title: Probabilistic Reasoning: The Rules of Probability
pagenum: 536; title: The Rules of Probability
pagenum: 537; title: Bayes' Theorem
pagenum: 545; title: Summary of the Rules of Probability
pagenum: 549; title: Summary of Definitions
pagenum: 550; title: Exercise 10.4
pagenum: 550; title: Notes
pagenum: 556; title: Answer Key
pagenum: 559; title: Photo Credits
pagenum: 627; title: Glossary/Index
pagenum: 629