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Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic

By Tom Tymoczko , Jim Henle

Book information

Publisher
Key College
Year
1999
ISBN
9780387989303, 0387989307
LCC
BC38 .T86 2000
Open Library ID
OL20643046M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
7 MB (7635923 bytes)
Series
Textbooks in Mathematical Sciences
Pages
663\663
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

Sweet Reason is an introductory text for courses on modern logic unlike any other. The basic rudiments of formal and informal logical are here, all clearly described. Further, it focuses 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: 1) absorbing the fundamentals of the discipline, 2) becoming fluent in thte language of logic, 3) understanding how logic works in the real world, 4) enjoying logic's ability to entertain, surprise, subvert, and enlighten.

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