Introductory Logic: Answer Key (4th edition) [Paperback]

James B. Nance (Author), Douglas Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2006

Logic is the art of reasoning well - of learning to think God's thoughts after Him. In this book, directed toward junior-high students, Douglas Wilson and James Nance lay the proper foundation of reasoning in the truth of God, and go on to train students in the crucial skills of defining terms, recognizing basic types of statements, arguing with syllogisms, arguing in ordinary language, and identifying informal fallacies.

This text, together with Intermediate Logic by James Nance, provides students with a rigorous course in logic that will help them excel in every other subject they will study, from math and science to rhetoric and the humanities. Extensively revised and updated, with additional review questions and exercises for each unit, this book is an essential part of every Christian school or home school curriculum.

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About the Author

James B. Nance has taught at Logos School since 1990, where he currently teaches logic, rhetoric, calculus, physics, and Christian doctrine. He is also the author of Intermediate Logic for Christian and Home Schools. James and his wife Giselle have four children.

Douglas J. Wilson holds an M.A. in philosophy and is pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, board member of Logos School, and editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine. He is the author of several books on classical Christian education, including Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Education (editor), The Paideia of God and Other Essays on Education, and The Case for Classical Christian Education. He and his wife Nancy have three children and nine grandchildren.

Product Details

• Paperback: 147 pages
• Publisher: Canon Press; 4th edition (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591280346
• ISBN-13: 978-1591280347
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My hero, Leonardo of Pisa, was born the same year that the famous tower of his birthplace went up (and though it was upright at the time, it began leaning soon thereafter). We share this odd bit of trivia; I was born in Seattle the same year (same month, actually) that the famous tower of that city (the Space Needle) was erected, in February of 1962 for the World's Fair.

My dad worked for Boeing (like most of his friends), and after graduating with a B.S. in M.E. in 1984 from Washington State University, I followed Dad, working on the 757 in Renton, Washington. While working at Boeing I met my lovely wife Giselle (she was on the AWACS program). We now have four children: Jamie, Josiah, Jacqueline, and Jonathan.

After five years I left engineering forever and moved my family to Moscow, Idaho, where since 1989 I have been teaching at Logos School. Logos is a private Christian school, and the flagship of ACCS. There I teach logic, calculus, physics, and rhetoric. I teach logic to 8th graders from the textbooks written by Doug Wilson and myself. I am grateful to God that so many others have benefited from these books.

I enjoy teaching, reading, acting, and playing games with my friends and family.