Deductive Logic in Natural Language

Download or read book Deductive Logic in Natural Language written by Douglas Cannon and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2002-11-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers an innovative approach to the teaching of logic, which is rigorous but entirely non-symbolic. By introducing students to deductive inferences in natural language, the book breaks new ground pedagogically. Cannon focuses on such topics as using a tableaux technique to assess inconsistency; using generative grammar; employing logical analyses of sentences; and dealing with quantifier expressions and syllogisms. An appendix covers truth-functional logic.