Logic and Structure

by Dirk van Dalen

From the reviews: "A good textbook can improve a lecture course enormously, especially when the material of the lecture includes many technical details. Van Dalen's book, the success and popularity of which may be suspected from this steady interest in it, contains a thorough introduction to elementary classical logic in a relaxed way, suitable for mathematics students who just want to get to know logic. The presentation always points out the connections of logic to other parts of mathematics. The reader immediately see the logic is "just another branch of mathematics" and not something more sacred." Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum, Hungary

Genres: Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Reference

Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 1980

Reviews

[Redmar Leeuwendal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, I did not like this book very much. It's kind of weird. Yes, it is an introduction to the field, but it's overly formal and notation-heavy. It feels like learning high school calculus from Newton's or Leibniz's original texts. It is rigorous and high-quality though, but maybe a bit outdated in its methods.

[Ray Schram · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a terribly exciting introduction, but perfectly clear and good notation.

[Erdosam · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has opened my eyes to see maths in another point of view, and find that maths is hard unless i see it in symbols.