Logic as a liberal art : an introduction to rhetoric & reasoning / R.E. Houser.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"This textbook for a first course in logic takes a verbal rather than symbolic approach, based on the student's natural language. It starts by discussing grammar, rhetoric, and the essential nature of logic; formal logic is then taken up following Aristotle's division of the three acts of the mind"-- Provided by publisher.

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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note to the Logic Instructor -- A Note to the Student -- Part 1. Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic -- Lesson 1. A Grounding in Grammar -- Problem Set 1: Grammar Review -- Lesson 2. Rhetoric: An Introduction -- Problem Set 2: Rhetorical Analysis -- Lesson 3. The Canon of Five Rhetorical Skills and the Five Parts of a Classical Speech -- Problem Set 3: The Rhetoric of Socrates in the Apology -- Lesson 4. The Three Rhetorical Appeals -- Problem Set 4: The Three Appeals -- Lesson 5. Aristotle Invents Logic-Twice -- Problem Set 5: Problem Solving

Lesson 6. Aristotle Organizes the Logic of Discovery and Proof -- Problem Set 6: Three Acts of the Mind -- Part 2. The Logic of Terms -- Lesson 7. Language, Thought, and Reality -- Problem Set 7: Signs -- Lesson 8. Categories: Working toward Definitions by Answering the "What?" Question -- Problem Set 8: Recognizing and Using Categories -- Lesson 9. Clarifying Concepts through Division and Collection of Terms -- Problem Set 9: Argument Using Division -- Lesson 10. Aristotle's Predicables -- Problem Set 10: Recognizing Essence, Property, and Accident

Lesson 11. Answering the "Why?" Question: Causes -- Problem Set 11: The Four Causes -- Lesson 12. Different Kinds of Definitions -- Problem Set 12: Definitions -- Part 3. The Logic of Propositions -- Lesson 13. Statements and Propositions -- Problem Set 13: Statements and Propositions -- Lesson 14. Properties of Categorical Propositions -- Problem Set 14: Basic Categorical Propositions -- Lesson 15. Recognizing the Kinds of Categorical Propositions -- Problem Set 15: Advanced Categorical Propositions -- Lesson 16. Categorical Propositions in Context -- Problem Set 16: Propositions in Context

Lesson 17. Euler and Venn Diagrams of Propositions -- Problem Set 17: Euler and Venn Diagrams of Propositions -- Lesson 18. Opposition -- Problem Set 18: Opposition -- Lesson 19. Conversion -- Problem Set 19: Conversion -- Lesson 20. Obversion -- Problem Set 20: Obversion and Advanced Manipulations -- Lesson 21. Hypothetical Propositions -- Problem Set 21: Hypothetical Propositions -- Lesson 22. Advanced Conditional Propositions -- Problem Set 22: Advanced Hypothetical Propositions -- Part 4. The Logic of Arguments -- Lesson 23. Two Kinds of Reasoning

Problem Set 23: Distinguishing Deductive from Inductive Reasoning -- Lesson 24. The Categorical Syllogism -- Problem Set 24: Identifying Categorical Syllogisms -- Lesson 25. Validity of Categorical Syllogisms -- Problem Set 25: Validity of Categorical Syllogisms -- Lesson 26. Categorical Syllogisms in Prose -- Problem Set 26: Categorical Syllogisms in Prose -- Lesson 27. Venn Diagrams of Categorical Syllogisms -- Problem Set 27: Venn Diagrams of Categorical Syllogisms -- Lesson 28. Enthymemes and Epicheiremas -- Problem Set 28: Enthymemes and Epicheiremas

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