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A Concise Introduction to Logic, 14th Edition — Patrick J. Hurley




Part I: Informal Logic

Chapter 1: Basic Concepts

 Arguments, Premises, and Conclusions
 Exercise: Recognizing Arguments
 Deduction and Induction
 Exercise
 Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency
 Exercise
 Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity
 Exercise
 Extended Arguments
 Exercise

Chapter 2: Language: Meaning and Definition

 Varieties of Meaning
 Exercise
 The Intension and Extension of Terms
 Exercise
 Definitions and Their Purposes
 Exercise

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 Definitional Techniques
 Exercise
 Criteria for Lexical Definitions
 Exercise

Chapter 3: Informal Fallacies

 Fallacies in General
 Exercise
 Fallacies of Relevance
 Exercise
 Fallacies of Weak Induction
 Exercise
 Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Illicit Transference
 Exercise
 Fallacies in Ordinary Language
 Exercise




Part II: Formal Logic

Chapter 4: Categorical Propositions

 The Components of Categorical Propositions
 Exercise
 Quality, Quantity, and Distribution
 Exercise
 Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Opposition
 Exercise
 Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition
 Exercise

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 The Traditional Square of Opposition
 Exercise
 Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpoint
 Exercise
 Translating Ordinary Language Statements into Categorical Form
 Exercise

Chapter 5: Categorical Syllogisms

 Standard Form, Mood, and Figure
 Exercise
 Venn Diagrams
 Exercise
 Rules and Fallacies
 Exercise
 Reducing the Number of Terms
 Exercise
 Ordinary Language Arguments
 Exercise
 Enthymemes
 Exercise
 Sorites
 Exercise

Chapter 6: Propositional Logic

 Symbols and Translation
 Exercise
 Truth Functions
 Exercise
 Truth Tables for Propositions
 Exercise

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 Truth Tables for Arguments
 Exercise
 Indirect Truth Tables
 Exercise
 Argument Forms and Fallacies
 Exercise

Chapter 7: Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic

 Rules of Implication I
 Exercise
 Rules of Implication II
 Exercise
 Rules of Replacement I
 Exercise
 Rules of Replacement II
 Exercise
 Conditional Proof
 Exercise
 Indirect Proof
 Exercise
 Proving Logical Truths
 Exercise

Chapter 8: Predicate Logic

 Symbols and Translation
 Exercise
 Using the Rules of Inference
 Exercise
 Quantifier Negation Rule
 Exercise

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 Conditional and Indirect Proof
 Exercise
 Proving Invalidity
 Exercise
 Relational Predicates and Overlapping Quantifiers
 Exercise
 Identity
 Exercise




Part III: Inductive Logic

Chapter 9: Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning

 Analogical Reasoning
 Legal Reasoning
 Moral Reasoning
 Exercise

Chapter 10: Causality and Mill's Methods

 “Cause” and Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
 Mill's Five Methods
 Mill's Methods and Science
 Exercise

Chapter 11: Probability

 Theories of Probability
 The Probability Calculus
 Exercise