Predicate Logic: The Semantic Foundations of Logic | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard L. Epstein
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1356868
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0534558461
Dewey Decimal Number: 160
EAN: 9780534558468
Publication Date: July 25, 2000
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A presentation of the fundamental ideas that generate the formal systems of predicate logic. This text clearly relates predicate logic to reasoning in ordinary language, with hundreds of examples of formalization, with a clear theory of how to formalize ordinary arguments. The writing is exceptionally clear and easy to read.
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 Why, not How October 25, 1998
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have purchased and read the book. And for those like myself, who want to know why predicate logic works the way it does,the work is ideal. There are 9 chapters and appendices. Most useful to me was the thorough explanation of logical symbols and their relevence to the subject under discussion. Gradual introduction, explanation, and function of these symbols ultimately makes the Logical notation more palletable. Furthermore, the book elevates the reader to a most satisfactory standard of logic. As I have said before, the work allowed me to comprehend, finally, the true depth and meaning of symbolic logic. Hence my one line summary: Why, not How. End of Chapter excercises and occasional discussion assists the reader in strengthening their understanding of the subject. Very well written. A very comfortable book to read. Mr. Epstein's work is unhurried, thorough and considerate of the reader and the subject.
 Why? January 14, 2004
Gregory Scott Weinger (Los Angeles, CA United States)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Why, not how" is accurate, but the point can be amplified. This is NOT a practical text in any way; it is a highly formal, rigorous logical treatise. It does not teach predicate logic, but sets out to formalize this author's particular definition or systematization of it. It may be useful if you're a logician (or play one on TV), and want to know the bases for predicate logic, its scope and limitations, and really mull over each assumption it makes, one by one. Having forked out $30 for it on Amazon, I felt obligated to trudge through it, but I can't really say that it's helped me much. Some of the philosophical points are interesting, but it really wasn't what I was looking for. Really, my 3 stars are generous. For my use it was a 1, and I'm not really qualified to judge it on its own terms. So I waffled.
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