Table of Contents
List of Skills to Be Honed ix
Introduction What is Logic About? 1
Chapter 1 Truth, Logic, and the Difference 7
Chapter 2 Arguments and Their Parts 27
Chapter 3 Diagramming Arguments 39
Chapter 4 Standard Form Arguments 48
Chapter 5 Relevance, Induction and Deduction 62
Chapter 6 Evaluating Deductive Arguments 79
Chapter 7 Evaluating Inductive Arguments 94
Interlude Objective and Subjective Statements 105
Chapter 8 Categorical Statements 107
Chapter 9 Immediate Inferences and the Square of Opposition 123
Chapter 10 Immediate Inferences and Statement Opposition 142
Chapter 11 The Circle of Opposition 168
Chapter 12 Categorical Syllogisms 178
Chapter 13 Challenging Categorical Paraphrases 198
Interlude Logic and Metaphysics 213
Chapter 14 Truth-Functional Propositional Logic 215
Chapter 15 Compound Statements and Truth Values 237
Chapter 16 Statement Classification and Comparison 250
Chapter 17 Truth Tables and Validity 262
Chapter 18 Indirect Truth Tables 269
Chapter 19 A Few Common Argument Forms 279
Chapter 20 Natural Deduction: Rules of Inference 290
Chapter 21 Natural Deduction: Rules of Replacement 299
Chapter 22 Natural Deduction: Subordinate Proofs 306
Interlude Logical Paradox 321
Chapter 23 Analyzing Inductive Arguments 323
Chapter 24 Rhetorical Pitfalls 347
Chapter 25 Argumentative Fallacies 361
Chapter 26 Disputational Fallacies 381
Interlude Probability and Monty Hall 398
Chapter 27 Logic Puzzles 400
Chapter 28 What’s Next 414
Appendix A Passages/Arguments to Analyze/Evaluate 420
Appendix B What Logicians Mean When They Say… 429
Appendix C Answers to Odd Exercises 434
Index 451