Logic made easy : how to know when language deceives you / Deborah J. Bennett.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: 256 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0393057488
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- BC177 .B42 2004
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 160 B471 | Available | 33111003842636 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.
Introduction: Logic is rare -- Proof -- ALL -- A NOT tangles everything up -- SOME is part or all of ALL -- Syllogisms -- When things are iffy -- Syllogisms involving IF, AND, and OR -- Series syllogisms -- Symbols that express our thoughts -- Logic machines and truth tables -- Fuzzy logic, fallacies, and paradoxes -- Common logic and language -- Thinking well : together.