{"product_id":"firstorder-logic-and-automated-theorem-proving-texts-in-computer-science-9780387945934","title":"First-Order Logic and Automated Theorem Proving (Texts in Computer Science)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are many kinds of books on formal logic. Some have philosophers as their intended audience  some mathematicians  some computer scien tists. Although there is a common core to all such books  they will be very different in emphasis  methods  and even appearance. This book is intended for computer scientists. But even this is not precise. Within computer science formal logic turns up in a number of areas  from pro gram verification to logic programming to artificial intelligence. This book is intended for computer scientists interested in automated theo rem proving in classical logic. To be more precise yet  it is essentially a theoretical treatment  not a how-to book  although how-to issues are not neglected. This does not mean  of course  that the book will be of no interest to philosophers or mathematicians. It does contain a thorough presentation of formal logic and many proof techniques  and as such it contains all the material one would expect to find in a course in formal logic covering completeness but  not incompleteness issues. The first item to be addressed is  What are we talking about and why are we interested in it? We are primarily talking about truth as used in mathematical discourse  and our interest in it is  or should be  self evident. Truth is a semantic concept  so we begin with models and their properties. These are used to define our subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45924330242101,"sku":"ByrdShop_0387945938","price":334.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780387945934.jpg?v=1787666341","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/firstorder-logic-and-automated-theorem-proving-texts-in-computer-science-9780387945934","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}