9780716724308

Sweet Reason

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780716724308

Paperback|9780716724308


Overview

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.

ISBN-13

9780716724308

ISBN-10

0716724308

Weight

2.68 Pounds

Dimensions

8.00 x 1.50 x 9.50 In

List Price

$43.95

Format

Paperback

Pages

600 pages

Publisher

W H Freeman & Co

Published On

1994-07-01



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