The Language of First-Order Logic : Including the Macintosh Program Tarski's World 4.0/Book and Disk (Csli Lecture Notes, No 23) [Paperback]

Jon Barwise (Author), John Etchemendy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0937073997 | ISBN-13: 978-0937073995 | Edition: 1

The Language of First-order Logic is a complete introduction to first-order symbolic logic, consisting of a computer program and a text. The program, an aid to learning and using symbolic notation, allows one to construct symbolic sentences and possible worlds, and verify that a sentence is well-formed. The truth or falsity of a sentence can be determined by playing a deductive game with the computer. The text covers four areas: propositional logic, quantifier logic, the application of first-order logic to set theory and induction, and advanced topics. Hundreds of exercises and problems are included. This revised and expanded edition includes an extensive series of translation exercises to and from ordinary language, and proof exercises using ordinary language. The new release of the Macintosh software, Tarski's World 4.O, has a new sentence window and includes a "verify all" command for quickly checking a set of sentences in a world.

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Review of the first edition... "A fascinating approach to a fascinating subject." Choice

About the Author

Jon Barwise (1942-2000) was a mathematician, philosopher and logician. He taught at the Universities of Yale and Wisconsin before becoming the first director of the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University. From 1990 until his death he was professor of philosophy at Indiana University. John Etchemendy has been professor of philosophy at Stanford since 1983. In 2000 he became Provost of Stanford University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf; 1 edition (August 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937073997
• ISBN-13: 978-0937073995
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,960,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good..., November 11, 1998

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This review is from: The Language of First-Order Logic : Including the Macintosh Program Tarski's World 4.0/Book and Disk (Csli Lecture Notes, No 23) (Paperback)

This book was used as one of the texts for a class I'm took in Cognitive Science at Indiana University. Before taking this class I had never been exposed to First-Order Logic, although I had done formal proofs in Math. I thought the book was pretty good. I'm quite sure that I would have had trouble with the concepts if I hadn't had a professor to help me, though. The Language of First-Order Logic relies pretty heavily on concepts from Math. Most of the time these were concepts I hadn't though about in years, and that gave me a little trouble.

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4.0 out of 5 stars This is fun!, September 6, 2000

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This review is from: The Language of First-Order Logic : Including the Macintosh Program Tarski's World 4.0/Book and Disk (Csli Lecture Notes, No 23) (Paperback)

This book is actually pretty good. It covers the basics of Forst-Order-Logic (FOL) and is fun to read. The software is great too. Tarski's world get's you acquinted with the propositional and predicate logic concepts in no time! The many exercises in the book force you to read until you fully understand. So my advice to people taking their first steps in logic is: learn to walk in Tarski's world and you'll be running before you know!