This book is a continuation of Traditional Logic, Book I: An introduction to Formal Logic, and presupposes a knowledge of the material in that book. The two books together constitute a complete course in formal logic at the junior high and senior high level. Book I covers the three acts of the mind involved in logic: simple apprehension, judgment and deductive inference. In this book, we continue the study of deductive inference with the treatment of figure and mood in simple syllogisms, complex syllogisms and hypothetical reasoning. We also have one chapter on the oblique syllogism, which is a variant of the traditional categorical syllogism. Like the first book, daily exercise sets are given at the end of each chapter to ensure comprehension and mastery of the material at every level. |
