Logic Made Easy – How to Know When Language Deceives You - Hardcover

Bennett, Deborah J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393057488 ISBN 13: 9780393057485

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

Synopsis

Penetrating and practical, Logic Made Easy is filled with anecdotal histories detailing the often muddy relationship between language and logic. Complete with puzzles you can try yourself and questions you can use to raise your test scores, Logic Made Easy invites readers to identify and ultimately remedy logical slips in everyday life. Even experienced logicians will be surprised by Deborah Bennett's ability to identify the illogical in everything from maddening street signs to tax forms that make April the cruelest month. Designed with dozens of visual examples, the book guides readers through those hair-raising times when logic is at odds with common sense. Logic Made Easy is indeed one of those rare books that will actually make you a more logical human being.

About this title

Review:

"The best introduction to logic you will find."

Synopsis:

A collection of anecdotal histories defines the relationship between language and logic, sharing visual examples and puzzles that can be used by readers to raise test scores and recognize the illogical in everyday things.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0393057488
• ISBN 13: 9780393057485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256