Table of Contents

Part I. Language and Structure: 1. Naming of parts; 2. Classifying structures; 3. Structures that look alike; 4. Automorphisms; 5. Interpretations; Part II. Piecing Together a Structure: 6. The first order case; 7. The countable case; 8. The existential case; 9. The Horn case; Part III. Consequences of Compactness: 10. Saturation; 11. Combinatorial; 12. Expansions and categoricity; Examples; Bibliography; Index.

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An up-to-date and integrated introduction to model theory, designed to be used for graduate courses (for students who are familiar with first-order logic), and as a reference for more experienced logicians and mathematicians.

Reviews

"...sets forth the basic tools that the fledgling model theorist should master...a new standard reference in this subject." J.M. Plotkin, Mathematical Reviews "...an important contribution to the literature...one of the few (or perhaps the only) books in print that develop the essentials of model theory in the modern style...valuable for its novel treatment and exposition of some important topics...Throughout the book, Hodges's vast knowledge of logic impresses itself on the reader. There is a beautiful variety and mix of classical and more recent techniques and ideas, especially in applications. It is a pleasure to leaf through the book..." Anand Pillay, Jrl of Symbolic Logic