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Bonevac, Daniel Albert was born on January 20, 1955 in Pittsburgh. Son of Daniel Paul and Katherine Dawn (Dryer) Bonevac.
(This introduction to logic, which aims to reflect recent ...)
This introduction to logic, which aims to reflect recent advances in the field, focuses on natural language, analyzing the structure of arguments conducted in English. The text includes problems with which students can test their skills.
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This collection of important readings in African, Asian, and Southern Mediterranean philosophy is the perfect supplement for instructors who wish to introduce non-Western materials to their students. The readings are presented chronologically within four sections covering the following geographical areas: Africa, West Asia, North Africa, Islamic Spain, South Asia, and East Asia.
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"Deduction" is an efficient and elegant presentation of classical first-order logic. It presents a truth tree system based on the work of Jeffrey, as well as a natural deduction system inspired by that of Kalish and Montague. Both are very natural and easy to learn. The definition of a formula excludes free variables, and the deduction system uses Show lines; the combination allows rules to be stated very simply. The book's main innovation is its final part, which contains chapters on extensions and revisions of classical logic: modal logic, many-valued logic, fuzzy logic, intuitionistic logic, counterfactuals, deontic logic, common-sense reasoning, and quantified modal logic. These have been areas of great logical and philosophical interest over the past 40 years, but few other textbooks treat them in any depth. "Deduction" makes these areas accessible to introductory students. All chapters have discussions of the underlying semantics and present both truth tree and deduction systems. New features in this edition, in addition to truth tree systems for classical and nonclassical logics, include new and simpler rules for modal logic, deontic logic, and counterfactuals; discussions of many-valued, fuzzy, and intuitionistic logics; an introduction to common-sense reasoning (nonmonotonic logic); and extensively reworked problem sets, designed to lead students gradually from easier to more difficult problems. This new edition also features web-based programs that make use of the book's methods. Each program is set up to give students symbolization problems, give them hints, grade their work, and do problems for them.
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Bonevac, Daniel Albert was born on January 20, 1955 in Pittsburgh. Son of Daniel Paul and Katherine Dawn (Dryer) Bonevac.
Bachelor, Haverford College, 1975. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1980.
Assistant professor philosophy, University Texas, Austin, 1980-1985; associate professor, University Texas, Austin, 1985-1992; professor, University Texas, Austin, since 1992; department chairman philosophy, University Texas, Austin, since 1991.
(This collection of important readings in African, Asian, ...)
(This introduction to logic, which aims to reflect recent ...)
("Deduction" is an efficient and elegant presentation of c...)
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Senior fellow Texas Public Policy Foundation, Austin, since 1995. Member American Philosophical Association (Johnsonian prize 1980), Society for Exact Philosophy, National Association Scholars.
Married Beverly Ann Burford, August 14, 1976. Children: Marian Dawn, Melanie Elizabeth.