Publisher's Synopsis
Simple Logic is a first-edition philosophy text that focuses on its student audience. It is intended for an introduction-to-logic course, with philosophical writing samples that are interesting and relevant to students' lives, drawn from literary texts and contemporary culture. Within one section, Bonevac gives examples from Voltaire, Confucius, and Bart Simpson. Features: * Chapter 7 includes a simplified semantic tableaux system. * The text includes a proper concentration of effort in developing the topics that instructors really teach. * The text features an improved presentation of the standard material for an introduction-to-logic course. Students and instructors both benefit from the text's clear explanations of rules and methods. * Definitions of key concepts are set off from the text.
