Elements of Logical Reasoning Plato Jan von University of Helsinki
Elements of Logical Reasoning Plato Jan von University of Helsinki Some of our earliest experiences of the conclusive force of an argument come from school mathematics: faced with a mathematical…
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Elements of Logical Reasoning Plato Jan von University of Helsinki
Some of our earliest experiences of the conclusive force of an argument come from school mathematics: faced with a mathematical proof, we cannot deny the conclusion once the premises have been accepted. Logical reasoning is applied at all levels, from everyday life to advanced sciences, and a remarkable level of complexity is achieved in everyday logical reasoning, even if the principles behind it remain intuitive. Behind such arguments lies a more general pattern of 'demonstrative arguments' that is studied in the science of logic.
It is shown in this book that when the forms of logical reasoning are analysed, it turns out that a limited set of first principles can represent any logical argument. Jan von Plato provides an accessible but rigorous introduction to an important aspect of contemporary logic: its deductive machinery. This book will be valuable for students of logic, mathematics and computer science.
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