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A First Book in Logic. E-book. Formato PDF Henry Bradford Smith - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
The recent developments in logical theory fol lowing upon the contributions of Boole, Pierce, and Schroder have seemed to place the subject be yond the reach of the average student and even in most instances beyond the reach of the technically equipped philosopher. The result has been to re duce the attention that was formerly given to ele mentary instruction in logic and to displace the traditional course from its originally dominant posi tion in the university curriculum. The conviction is abroad that the ancient organon is so far inferior to the modern instrument perfected by the critical labors of Peano, Frege, Russell, and others, that it no longer deserves the attention once bestowed upon it. These objections the writer has endeavored to meet, in the first instance by introducing no symbols whatever, save the ones employed by traditional logic itself, so that the treatment may be followed by any intelligent reader, and secondly by keeping modern developments always in mind while following the traditional order of treatment. Finally, he has met the recent contention that the classical system does not hold true in all of its parts, by showing in the last chapter of this work that.
Foundations of Formal Logic. E-book. Formato PDF Henry Bradford Smith - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
The edition of his Primer of Logic being exhausted, the writer is forced to prepare another outline for classroom use. Only parts of that text, however, have been retained and these have received a methodical rearrangement and expansion. Two chapters of the work, Non-Aristotelian Logic, appear again but modified in detail. To these have been added historical notes and citations and three new final chapters and the text has been illustrated by a number of diagrams.The writer has again to express his indebtedness to Professor Singer for his introduction to the method which is here employed. This indebtedness is to be referred not only to the Syllabus of his lectures (reprinted pp. 46-52 in the writer's Letters on Logic) but also to many hints thrown out in private discussion.The present work, as its title suggests, does not pretend that its system is completely developed. Its chief concern is with the foundations, upon which a theory may be built. Its solutions would have been carried farther, if the writer could have found his way through to the end.