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Modern Deductive Logic

An Introduction to Its Techniques and Significance

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Mathematics and Modern Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Abstraction and Appropriateness

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 3-8
    3. Arguments and Validity

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 9-16
  3. Sentential Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Abstracting SL Forms

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 19-31
    3. Testing for SL Validity

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 32-55
    4. Appropriateness in SL Abstraction

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 56-80
    5. Switching Networks

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 81-97
  4. Predicate Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
    2. Abstracting PL Forms

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 101-131
    3. Testing for PL Validity

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 132-154
    4. Appropriateness in PL Abstraction

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 155-178
    5. Ordering Integers

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 179-194
  5. Formal Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
    2. Axioms and Machines

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 197-210
    3. Logical Systems

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 211-220
    4. Theories

      • Robert John Ackermann
      Pages 221-228
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 229-261

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Massachusetts, USA

    Robert John Ackermann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modern Deductive Logic

  • Book Subtitle: An Introduction to Its Techniques and Significance

  • Authors: Robert John Ackermann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15396-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Robert J. Ackermann 1970

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 261

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Logic