{"product_id":"introduction-to-logic","title":"Introduction To Logic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than six decades, and for thousands of students, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Logic\u003c\/i\u003e has been the gold standard in introductory logic texts. In this fifteenth edition, Carl Cohen and Victor Rodych update Irving M. Copi’s classic text, improving on its many strengths and introducing new and helpful material that will greatly assist both students and instructors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn particular, chapters 1, 8, and 9 have been greatly enhanced without disturbing the book’s clear and gradual pedagogical approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecifically: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1 now uses a simpler and better definition of \"deductive validity,\" which enhances the rest of the book (especially chapters 1 and 8-10, and their new components). \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8 now has: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimpler definitions of \"simple statement\" and \"compound statement\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore and more 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