You are welcome.

Page references for [Andrews, 2002] are available here: 
https://www.owlofminerva.net/files/formulae.pdf#page=825

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Ken Kubota
https://doi.org/10.4444/100



> Am 17.07.2023 um 18:06 schrieb Johnathan Mercer <[email protected]>:
> 
> That Figure is a gem - thanks for sharing!
> 
> {typed with my thumbs}
> 
>> On Jul 17, 2023, at 11:31 AM, Ken Kubota <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> My recommendation is Peter B. Andrews’ textbook from 2002, as mentioned 
>> here: https://owlofminerva.net/files/fom_2018.pdf#page=2
>> 
>> In terms of expressing mathematics naturally I haven’t seen anything better, 
>> although it is still simple type theory (without type variables).
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Ken Kubota
>> 
>> ____________________________________________________
>> 
>> Ken Kubota
>> https://doi.org/10.4444/100
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 17.07.2023 um 03:04 schrieb Marshall Stoner <[email protected]>:
>>> 
>>> To Jim.
>>> 
>>> I feel like a big problem with metamath is that it just isn't satisfying 
>>> without some foundational understanding of mathematical logic.  Sure, you 
>>> can follow proofs and see that each step is justified by digging down 100 
>>> layers, but it's not pretty.  For motivation on how to construct proofs 
>>> from scratch and feel confident, you really need to understand classical 
>>> logic from a higher perspective.  Sure, there are tools that fill in the 
>>> gaps for you, but I'm the kind of person that really needs to understand 
>>> all the nuts and bolts to feel good about something.  It's also hard to 
>>> convince myself that I understand a topic if I am not able to explain it to 
>>> others.  Writing a pdf is the way I'm learning.
>>> 
>>> I think I might need to invest in a better text.  I've been trying to read 
>>> Introduction to Mathematical Logic by Mandelson (because I found it for 
>>> free), but can't stand the layout.  The author does nothing to make 
>>> important definitions stand out and the proofs are all jammed into a single 
>>> paragraph and not always worded well either.  I do have a good text on ZFC 
>>> set theory ("Axiomatic Set Theory" by Suppes) and have taken a class on 
>>> that a long time ago.  It just isn't super formal and doesn't cover logic 
>>> or proof theory at all.  I'd like to find a better introduction to logic 
>>> but I'd hate to buy a clone of Mendelson.  It's tough to tell how good a 
>>> text is based on reviews.
>>> 
>>> On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 7:08:50 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote:
>>>> On 7/4/23 15:07, Marshall Stoner wrote: 
>>>> 
>>>> > What I'm writing is not directly connected with meta-math, but 
>>>> > something that I feel could help explain it better for novices 
>>>> 
>>>> I'd advise you to follow where the inspiration leads you. If you end up 
>>>> with something which has a lot of metamath notation and reference to 
>>>> metamath theorems by name, that's great, and may indeed be helpful to 
>>>> put on the web site in one form or another if you want to contribute it 
>>>> in that fashion. If what you want to do (in terms of how it makes sense 
>>>> to present the material or whatever) ends up diverging more from 
>>>> metamath in detail and ends up being more of a general logic textbook, 
>>>> that's cool too. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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