An Introduction to Logic - Second Edition

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An Introduction to Logic - Second Edition is written by Richard T.W. Arthur and published by Broadview Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1554813328 (ISBN 10) and 9781554813322 (ISBN 13).

In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern “informal logic” with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python. A previous edition of this book appeared under the title Natural Deduction. This new edition adds clarifications of the notions of explanation, validity and formal validity, a more detailed discussion of derivation strategies, and another rule of inference, Reiteration.