Introduction to logic and critical thinking /Merrilee Salmon.

Salmon, Merrilee H,

Introduction to logic and critical thinking /Merrilee Salmon. - forth edition. - Australia ; [Florence, Kentucky] : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, (c)2002. - xv, 495 pages : illistrations ; 25 cm.



Introduction to arguments -- Paying special attention to the language of arguments -- Deductive arguments, inductive arguments, and fallacies -- Closer look at inductive arguments -- Causal arguments -- Probilities and inductive logic -- Confirmation of hypotheses -- Deductive reasoning, sentential logic -- Categorical syllogisms -- Arguments in which validity depends on relationships -- Proof method for truth-functional logic -- Index of fallacies.



9780155056053

2001096741


Logic.
Reasoning.

BC71 / .I587 2002 BC71