Logic books
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Introduction to Logic and to the Methodology of Deductive Sciences
Alfred TarskiA clear, non-technical introduction to logical notation, quantifiers, and deductive method, written for working scientists and students; a good first formal text.
Methods of Logic
Willard Van Orman QuineA compact textbook on truth-functional and quantificational logic and proof procedures, widely used as a first course in formal logic.
What the Tortoise Said to Achilles
Lewis CarrollA short dialogue, published in the journal Mind, showing that rules of inference cannot be fully captured by adding more premises; a standard entry point to the question of what makes an inference valid.
An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy)
Graham PriestA survey of modal, intuitionistic, relevant, and paraconsistent logics, useful for seeing how the classical system is one choice among several.
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