Rendered from the Eleventh Edition of Copi/Cohen, Introduction to Logic, the most respected introductory logic text on the market, Essentials of Logic is a truly concise version that presents a simplified introduction to the study of logic.
Special to Essentials of Logic! - Ease of access—Content has been thoroughly rewritten without diminishing the authoritative accuracy and completeness.
- Hundreds of new exercises—New, simplified, and contemporary exercises are included throughout the text together with numerous exercises from Copi's Eleventh Edition to challenge students and enrich their understanding.
- Dynamic examples—Many illustrated to explicate key concepts and topics.
- Summary tables—Helpful summaries for students have been added throughout the entire text.
- Fallacy groupings—Discussion of fallacies is broken into three major groupings: fallacies of relevance, fallacies of ambiguity, and fallacies of presumption.
- Categorical syllogisms—The text analyzes each of the 15 valid forms of syllogisms and explains which forms are valid.
- Modern symbolic logic—Expanded treatment presents a more detailed account of the concept of logical equivalence.