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Sweet Reason focuses on how logic is used today by philosophers, lawyers, mathematicians, advertisers, computer scientists and politicians. It will help students develop essential skills for use now and and in their future careers.
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Sweet Reason is an introductory text for courses on modern logic unlike any other. The basic rudiments of formal and informal logic are here, all clearly described. But Tom and Jim go much further. They focus students on the real world, where the discipline of logic adds substance and meaning to all kinds of human discourse. Everything from puzzles, paradoxes, and mathematical proofs to campaign debate excerpts, government regulations, and cartoons are used to show how logic is put to work by philosophers, mathematicians, advertisers, computer scientists, politicians, and others. As the book alternately discusses, instructs, questions, teases, and challenges, readers will find themselves absorbing the fundamentals of the discipline; becoming fluent in the language of logic; understanding how logic works in the real world; and enjoying logic's ability to entertain, surprise, subvert, and enlighten.
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Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Logic
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W.H. Freeman & Company, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0716724308
ISBN 13: 9780716724308
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 644pp., xxii. '1' present in number line. "Notes, References, Hints and Some Answers" (with page references), pp. 519-638; Index, pp. 639-644. Orange wrappers with front cover tinted photo-illustration of spiral staircase with balusters as background for title and author names lettering in white superimposed at top and bottom front cover, respectively; two pages dog-eared (now flat); very small curls at corners: understandable with such a large, wider-than-tall book; spine still very strong, NOT cracked or weakened (again, unusual for such an artifact); faint diagonal bending across top left rear cover, echoing for only a few pages toward center of book (NOT a full crease, folded); previous owner name discreetly printed at top right ffep/half-title page: truthful descriptions make book seem less good than it is: very good artifact, still loaded with dazzle of authors and their excellent humor throughout. Good book for refreshing one's logic past or for taking up boldly the virtues of critical reasoning at one's own pace. All Smith College students should have been/should be required to study this text--not to mention the rest of us. Seller Inventory # 000083
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Sweet Reason
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ISBN 10: 0716724308
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kart. Condition: Gut. 644 Seiten Good copy with small signs of wear, cover a bit worn, top edge with small stains. - contents -- Preface for the General Reader. -- Preface for Logic Teachers: How to Use This Book in Logic Courses -- INTRODUCTION -- .XV -- xix -- . -- FORMAL LOGIC -- with & about logic -- informal logic -- curiosities & puzzles -- A TASTE OF LOGIC -- INTRODUCING THE LANGUAGE OF LOGIC -- paradox. -- -- . -- negation. -- quiz. -- EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE AND A WARNING -- TRUTH AND FALSITY. -- LOGICAL FORM: THE KEY TO LOGIC -- ARGUMENT FORM: THE KEY TO REASONING. -- paradox and W. S. Gilbert. -- The Orb and Post -- paradoxes and psychology -- the title of the section on sell-reference. -- how to argue. -- rebuttal -- law boards: reading comprehension. -- The Digestor's Digest, page -- . -- . -- vii -- exam warning I -- talking heads. -- . -- . -- . -- . FORMAL LOGIC -- with & about ogic -- informal logic -- curiosities & -- puzzles -- STATEMENT LOGIC. FORMAL LANGUAGES, AND INFORMAL ARGUMENTS -- FORMAL LANGUAGES: SENTENTIAL -- FORMAL LANGUAGES: VARIATIONS ON SENTENTIAL -- TRUTH TABLES -- LOGICAL THEORY FOR STATEMENT LOGIC -- SOME BASIC TAUTOLOGIES AND IMPLICATIONS -- buffalo buffalo buffalo. -- artificial and natural languages -- rewrite rules and finite automata -- loofah loofah loofah. -- conclusions. -- supporting statements. -- relevance -- premises -- Cathy has breakfast. -- The Digestor's Digest, page -- . -- exam warning II. -- a nonlogical puzzle -- . -- self-referential puzzles -- FORMAL LOGIC -- with & about logic -- informal logic -- curiosities & puzzles -- VALID ARGUMENTS, CONVINCING ARGUMENTS, AND PUNK LOGIC -- VALID ARGUMENT FORMS. -- FORMALIZING FOR VALIDITY -- A SHORTCUT FOR CHECKING ARGUMENTS -- FORMALIZING ENGLISH -- Miniac. -- flipism. -- sets. -- logic circuits. -- Bertrand the First -- criticizing arguments -- writing arguments -- a good paragraph. -- Cathy goes to war -- The Digestor's Digest, page -- exam warning III -- the family reunion -- punk logic -- FORMAL LOGIC -- with & about logic -- informal logic -- curiosities & puzzles -- PREDICATES, PROGRAMS, AND ANTIQUE LOGIC -- PREDICATE LANGUAGES -- VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF PREDICATE LANGUAGES -- FROM STATEMENT LOGIC TO PREDICATE LOGIC. -- INTERPRETING PREDICATE LOGIC. -- LOGICAL THEORY FOR PREDICATE LOGIC -- LOGICAL LAWS: BASIC VALID WFFS AND IMPLICATIONS -- SYMBOLIZATION IN PREDICATE LOGIC -- POLES AND NORWEGIANS -- games. -- BASIC. -- binary. -- TRIVIAL -- algorithm -- the busy beaver -- syllogisms -- fallacies -- rabbinic logic. -- Cathy meets God. -- The Digestor's Digest, pag -- exam warning IV -- the game of logic -- the sorites of Lewis Carrol -- FORMAL LOGIC -- with & about logic -- informal logic -- curiosities & puzzles -- DEDUCTION, INFINITY, AND A HAIRCUT -- MAIN CONNECTIVES -- EDUCTION -- YPOTHETICAL REASONING: DEDUCTION FROM ASSUMPTIONS. -- ROVING VALIDITY -- ROVING INVALIDITY -- ORMALIZING FOR VALIDITY IN PREDICATE LOGIC -- in Hell with Raymond Smullyan -- no (certain) escape -- infinite tasks -- infinity: potential and actual. -- proof by contradiction. -- Anita Hill and Arlen Specter. -- Bush, Clinton, and Perot. -- the adventure of the dancing men -- commercial logic I -- The Digestor's Digest, page -- exam warning V -- the barbershop problem. -- English -- FORMAL LOGIC -- with & about logic -- informal logic_curiosities & puzzles -- SYMBOLIC SOPHISTICATION, INDUCTION, AND BUSINESS LOGIC -- QUANTIFIERS AND ARITHMETIC. -- FUNCTIONS -- "THE": RUSSELL'S THEORY OF DEFINITE DESCRIPTIONS -- measuring uncertainty -- Bayes' law and Sherlock Holmes. -- inductive logic. -- logic programming. -- the W- -- . -- Canadian customs. -- the logic tea. -- commercial logic II. -- The Digestor's Digest, page -- exam warning VI. -- Lewis Carroll's "what the tortoise said to Achilles". -- the far side. -- COMPLETENESS, DISBELIEF, DEBATES, AND DINNER -- GEOMETRY. -- THE COMPLETENESS THEOREM. -- AXIOMATIZATION AND BOOLEAN ALGEBRA -- Believing and knowing. -- the law of the excluded middle from puzzle to paradox -- more Bush, Clinton, and Perot. -- presidential debates. -- parliamentary debates -- commercial logic III. -- The Digestor's Digest, page -- . -- exam warning VII -- Peano's dots -- Charles Dana Gibson -- the family reunion II: -- the women -- xii FORMAL LOGIC -- with & about logic informal logic -- curiosities & puzzles -- PARADOX, IMPOSSIBILITY, AND THE LAW -- WHERE DO NUMBERS COME FROM? -- THE PARADOX OF THE HEAP -- RUSSELL'S PARADOX AND FREGE'S MISTAKE -- life -- hypergame. -- the busy beaver is not computable -- impossibility -- Quayle, Gore, and Stockdale -- law boards: logical reasoning -- law boards: analytical reasoning. -- law boards: rules and disputes. -- The Digestor's Digest, page -- exam warning VIII -- quiz on Polish notation. Tom and Jim's excellent adventure. -- THE LAST WORD -- NOTES, REFERENCES, HINTS, AND SOME ANSWERS -- A TASTE OF LOGIC. -- EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE AND A WARNING -- STATEMENT LOGIC, FORMAL LANGUAGES, AND INFORMAL ARGUMENTS. -- VALID ARGUMENTS, CONVINCING ARGUMENTS, AND PUNK LOGIC -- PREDICATES, PROGRAMS, AND ANTIQUE LOGIC. -- DEDUCTION, INFINITY, AND A HAIRCUT -- SYMBOLIC SOPHISTICATION, INDUCTION, AND BUSINESS LOGIC -- COMPLETENESS, DISBELIEF, DEBATES, AND DINNER. -- PARADOX, IMPOSSIBILITY, AND THE LAW -- INDEX. ISBN 9780716724308 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1205. Seller Inventory # 1262866
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