Essentials of Logic: Global Edition

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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.

• 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.