Logic: An Introduction (Volume 8) (Fundamentals of Philosophy)

Logic as applied to computer algorithm development and artificial intelligence programming has long been a preoccupation of mine, albeit with little underlying formal instruction. I bought this book while taking a pair of Coursera courses taught by Jen Davoren and Greg Restall and I recommend both the courses and the book to you.

Great quality and very happy with the product over all, price was also extremely reasonable for the actual product. Very impressed overall.

This book is very concise and efficient introduction to Logic. I would highly recommend for boginners of logic. But Kindle edition has critical flaws in formatting. especially tables and boxes.

Restall presents an awkward introduction to formal logic. Explanations are convoluted and a chore to disseminate from the text. The book features several errors in both the main text and exercises which can only do harm to the reader. Explanations come across as muddled intertwined with a very casual and imprecise literary style. If you are looking for a straight forward and clear introduction to propositional and first order logic, look elsewhere.

The book has many textual errors. This is not unusual in technicsl books, but here some of the errors are really basic ones: some of the tree rules are even misstated. Because I was using this book to brush up on the subject I was able to spot these, but someone who was starting out in logic could easily run into problems. This is a great pity as the textbook is clearly written. The author has been badly let down.

The book in general is interesting and easy to follow, however typos in the key points of the book are prominent

I already had this book once and I absolutely wanted to find it again:A very clear introduction to logic, a rare thing to find.