Logic and Philosophy: A Modern Introduction

Alan Hausman, Howard Kahane, Paul Tidman

Cengage Learning, Jan 1, 2012 - Education - 480 pages

A comprehensive introduction to formal logic, LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY: A MODERN INTRODUCTION is a rigorous yet accessible text, appropriate for students encountering the subject for the first time. Reading the text is much like having a talented and patient instructor walking a student through difficult concepts in a lecture or during office hours. Abundant carefully crafted exercise sets accompanied by a clear, engaging exposition give students a firm grasp of basic concepts, which build to an exploration of sentential logic, first-order predicate logic, the theory of descriptions, and identity. As the title suggests, this is a book devoted not merely to logic; students will also examine the philosophical debates that led to the development of the field.
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About the author

Alan Hausman received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Iowa State University and now teaches philosophy at Hunter College. He has published extensively on history of early modern philosophy, especially on the work of Hume, and on the work of Nelson Goodman.

Howard Kahane received a master's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a professor of philosophy at Bernard M. Baruch college in New York and is considered one of the founders of the critical-thinking movement, an approach to logic that makes it less abstract and more practical as a tool for analyzing political and social issues.

Paul Tidman received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. He teaches philosophy at Mount Union College in Ohio.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Logic and Philosophy: A Modern Introduction
• Authors: Alan Hausman, Howard Kahane, Paul Tidman
• Edition: 12
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012
• ISBN: 113305000X, 9781133050001
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: Education / General