The Logic Manual is a clear & concise introduction to logic for beginning philosophy students It offers a complete introductory course guiding the reader carefully through the topics in logic that are most important for the study of philosophy It covers propositional & predicate logic with & without identity It
Includes:: an account of the semantics of these languages including definitions of truth & satisfaction Natural deduction is used as a proof system Volker Halbach introduces the essential concepts through examples & informal explanations as well as through abstract definitions The Logic Manual provides the best entry to the general abstract way of thinking about language logic & semantics which is characteristic of contemporary philosophy Exercises examples & sample examination papers are provided on an accompanying website