Language, Proof and Logic
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Junior |
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Computer Engineering Computer Science General Engineering, Engineering Science Information Systems Information Technology Mathematical Sciences Software Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Textbook |
| Author(s): |
John Etchemendy Jon Barwise |
| Description: | This textbook/software package covers first-order language in a method appropriate for first and second courses in logic. The unique on-line grading services instantly grades solutions to hundred of computer exercises. It is specially devised to be used by philosophy instructors in a way that is useful to undergraduates of philosophy, computer science, mathematics, and linguistics. The package includes a CD with four pieces of software:  (a Registration ID Number is printed on the CD's face) Tarski's World 5.0 – a new version of the popular program that teaches the basic first-order language and its semantics; Fitch – a natural deduction proof environment for giving and checking first-order proofs; Boole – a program that facilitates the construction and checking of truth tables and related notions (tautology, tautological consequence, etc.); Submit – a program that allows students to submit exercises done with the above programs to the Grade Grinder, the automatic grading service. Grade reports are returned to the student and, if requested, to the student's instructor, eliminating the need for tedious checking of homework. All programs will be available on both Windows and Macintosh OS. Instructors do not need to use the programs themselves in order to be able to take advantage of their pedagogical value. The website also provides online resources for students and instructors. |
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| Keywords: | discrete mathematics mathematical logic quantification combinatorics induction recursion resolution |
| Has Components: |
Grade Grinder and Other Instructor Resources for Language, Proof and Logic |
| Is Component of: |
Msg. #0227 Internet Grading Service Reduces Tedium For Teachers, Students |
| References: |
Who are Boole, Fitch, and Tarski? |
| Referenced By: |
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science at Stanford 'Grade grinder' looks at logic behind students' errors |
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| Use of Resource: |
The book is a completely rewritten and much improved version of The Language of First-order Logic. Introductory material is presented in a more systematic and accessible fashion. Advanced chapters include proofs of soundness and completeness for propositional and predicate logic, as well as an accessible sketch of Godel's first incompleteness theorem. The book is appropriate for a wide range of courses, from first logic courses for undergraduates (philosophy, mathematics, and computer science) to a first graduate logic course. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
High |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | March 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www-csli.stanford.edu/LPL/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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