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Sweet Reason
James M. Henle, Thomas Tymoczko, Jay L. Garfield, et al.
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Philosophie
Beschreibung
Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic, 2nd Edition offers an innovative, friendly, and effective introduction to logic. It integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural language reasoning, analytical writing, critical thinking, set theory, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics. * An innovative introduction to the field of logic designed to entertain as it informs * Integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural language reasoning, analytical writing, critical thinking, set theory, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics * Addresses contemporary applications of logic in fields such as computer science and linguistics * A web-site (www.wiley.com/go/henle) linked to the text features numerous supplemental exercises and examples, enlightening puzzles and cartoons, and insightful essays
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Sweet Reason pulls off the impossible: it provides a fun-to-read but also competent introduction to logic. Students in any discipline will find the text to be an intriguing first course in logical theory.
J.C. Beall, University of Connecticut and University of Otago
Introductory logic books are a dime a dozen. But this one's different. No, really. With a unique combination of philosophical nous, paradox, humor, and - often provocative - exercises, it teaches the elements of both formal logic and critical reasoning. And it shows logic as a living, breathing, evolving, stimulating, subject. If you don't want to get interested in logic, don'
Graham Priest, City University of New York Graduate Center
This extraordinary book, refined over the years in a very successful course at Smith College, is unique in scope among introductory logic texts, beginning with critical thinking, moving through a first-rate treatment of standard propositional and predicate logic, and introducing students along the way to a variety of more advanced topics, including modal logic, many-valued logics, set theory, cardinal and ordinal arithmetic, the logic of probability, and the logic of paradox.
John Horty, University of Maryland
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Computer Science, Informatik, Philosophische Logik, Mathematik, Mathematics, Philosophie, Philosophical Logic, Philosophy