Title: A classic logic text
Product review: The text has a first edition that is pre-computer in 1953.At the time this was written the notation "And", "Or",and "Xor"wasn't in use: the author uses "X" for "And" and "+" for "Or".So in some ways this approach is closer to the algebraicapproach than the modern symbolic version used to teachlogical circuit analysis in electronics.Logic has gone through several changes:1) the syllogistic age of Lewis (Charles Dodgeson) Carroll2) the axiomatic of Russell3) the symbolic calculus of Church and Turing in the 40's and 50's4) the modern version for computersThis treatment appears to ignore the later British approachto some extent, but does a very good job of explainingmost of the theory behind axiomatic logical structure.The result is good readable introduction to logic for beginnersthat doesn't cost an arm and a leg.I think it might do to edit this text with a "modernization'translation section, so students will be less confused.
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