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Well, it depends on what you are looking for, but the traditional-style book that I'm used to is H. B. Enderton, "A Mathematical Introduction to Logic", and End
by throwaway81523 6y ago
Well, it depends on what you are looking for, but the traditional-style book that I'm used to is H. B. Enderton, "A Mathematical Introduction to Logic", and Enderton also has an accompanying book on set theory. I guess I'd suggest those as a companion rather than an alternative to the Gallier and Quaintance book. The G&Q book is imho more modern and more interesting from a CS-oriented perspective. It just leaves out too many important fundamentals. Alternatively, since it is still a work in progress, maybe some of the missing stuff could be added.
Boolos and Jeffrey "Logic and Computability", whatever the current edition is, is supposed to be good, but I haven't read it yet.
The G&Q book is weird in that it is about interesting topics that I'd consider slightly advanced, but written in a way that assumes almost no background, so if it's the only thing you read, you'll still be missing important background. I'd like a book that uses the G&Q approach but that includes the background. If it kept all the current contents and was expanded, it would probably end up as 2 volumes, which is fine. Or it could leave out some of the specialized stuff, but I think that stuff is there because that was what the authors wanted to write about, so I won't judge ;-).
- throwaway81523 6y agoCan't edit to add this, so will post additional reply of an MO thread with a bunch of other recommendations. I will look into some of them myself. https://mathoverflow.net/questions/44620/undergraduate-logic-textbook https://mathoverflow.net/questions/44620/undergraduate-logic...