An Introduction to Logic

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Written for independent study and suitable for an introductory course in logic, this classic text combines a sound presentation of logic with effective pedagogy and illustrates the role of logic in many areas of humanistic and scientific thought. Cohen and Nagel's elegant integration of the history of philosophy, natural science, and mathematics helps earn this work its distinguished reputation.

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An admirable book in every way. A textbook in a class by itself. Refreshing, lucid, well reasoned, well written. --James Newman and Edward Kasner, Mathematics and the Imagination