Introduction to Logic

Provides an overview of modern logic as used as a tool in the analysis of natural language—may be read independently of volume 2. Volume 1, Introduction to Logic begins with a historical overview and then offers a thorough introduction to standard propositional and first-order predicate logic. It provides both a syntactic and a semantic approach to inference and validity, and discusses their relationship. Although language and meaning receive special attention, this introduction is also accessible to those with a more general interest in logic. In addition, the volume contains a survey of such topics as definite descriptions, restricted quantification, second-order logic, and many-valued logic. The pragmatic approach to non-truthconditional and conventional implicatures are also discussed. Finally, the relation between logic and formal syntax is treated, and the notions of rewrite rule, automation, grammatical complexity, and language hierarchy are explained.

© 2020 The University of Chicago Press (Ebook): 9780226791678

Release date

Ebook: 15 September 2020