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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Extras:


Paradox Therapy


The Surprise Examination


The Cheney-Edwards Debate


A Busy Beaver Bulletin


Some detailed answers


This chapter extends the presentation of basic predicate logic with an introduction to modal, tensed and many-valued logics. It also uses sets to define numbers, discusses presidential debating, and presents a rigorous discussion of the Surprise Examination Paradox.

Formal topics:
  • Modal logic
  • Tensed logic
  • Many-valued logic
  • Constructing the natural numbers

Informal topics:
  • Debate, presidential style

Supplementary topics:
  • Antique notation
  • The surprise examination paradox
  • Puzzles