Logic
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Novum OrganumThe Novum Organum, (or Novum Organum Scientiarum - "New Instrument of Science"), is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon, originally published in 1620. The title is a reference to Aristotle's work Organon, which was his treatise on logic and syllogism. In Novum Organum, Bacon...
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The Critique of Pure ReasonKant builds on the work of empiricist philosophers such as John Locke and David Hume, as well as rationalists such as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Christian Wolff. He expounds new ideas on the nature of space and time, and tries to provide solutions to...
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Good Thinking: What You Need to Know to Be Smarter, Safer, Wealthier, and WiserCritical-thinking skills are essential for life in the 21st century. In this follow-up to his introductory guide Think, and continuing his trademark of hopeful skepticism, Guy Harrison demonstrates in a detailed fashion how to sort through bad ideas, unfounded claims, and bogus information to...
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An Introduction to Logic - Second Edition: Using Natural Deduction, Real Arguments, a Little History, and Some HumourThe second edition will be available in late Fall 2016. Richard Arthur's An Introduction to Logic provides a wide-ranging introduction to logic. In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of...
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Aristotle's Syllogistic Underlying Logic. His Model with his Proofs of Soundness and CompletenessAristotle's Syllogistic Underlying Logic is a ground- breaking and thorough study of Aristotle's logic, including a new translation of select chapters of Prior Analytics that treat the logic's formal components. This study shows that Aristotle consciously modeled his Underlying Logic, that Prior Analytics is...
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The Notion of Mathematical Proof: Key Rules and Considerations"The Notion Of Mathematical Proof: Key Rules And Considerations" is an edited book consisting of 16 contemporaneous open-access articles that aim to cover the different aspects of learning and teaching mathematical proof. The first part of this book aims at summing up factors that...
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Abductive ReasoningA study of the role of abductive inference in everyday argumentation and legal evidence Examines three areas in which abductive reasoning is especially important: medicine, science, and law. The reader is introduced to abduction and shown how it has evolved historically into the framework...
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The Uses of ArgumentThis reissue of the modern classic on the study of argumentation features a new Introduction by the author.Author: Stephen E. ToulminPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 07/07/2003Pages: 262Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.68h x 5.46w x 0.70dISBN: 9780521534833This title is not returnable
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Introduction to Formal LanguagesThis carefully written introductory treatment covers all areas of mainstream formal language theory, including operations on languages, context-sensitive languages, automata, decidability, and syntax analysis, as well as the first complete discussion of derivation languages. It features numerous worked examples, problem exercises, and elegant mathematical...
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Alice in Puzzle-Land: A Carrollian Tale for Children Under EightyA charming and challenging adventure. -- Wordplay, the Crossword Blog of The New York TimesAlice and her friends return for another romp through Wonderland and the Looking-Glass with these eighty-eight puzzles, paradoxes, and logic problems. Raymond M. Smullyan's characters speak and behave like the...
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Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology 1: Introducing CredencesBayesian ideas have recently been applied across such diverse fields as philosophy, statistics, economics, psychology, artificial intelligence, and legal theory. Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology examines epistemologists' use of Bayesian probability mathematics to represent degrees of belief. Michael G. Titelbaum provides an accessible introduction to...
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The Cloud of Unknowing: A Book Of Contemplation The Which Is Called The Cloud Of Unknowing, In The Which A Soul Is Oned With GodA guidebook to contemplative prayer.Evelyn Underhill was one of the greatest spiritual writers of the twentieth century. Her legacy as a pivotal figure in Christian mysticism endures today. For her, true mysticism is first of all active and practical, an organic life process in...
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Informal Logical Fallacies: A Brief Guide, Revised EditionCritical thinking is now needed more than ever. This accessible and engaging book provides the necessary tools to question and challenge the discourse that surrounds us-whether in the media, the classroom, or everyday conversation. Additionally, it offers readers a deeper understanding of the foundations...
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Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." - Marcus AureliusThe Stoics knew what made for a good person - and a good life. Four simple virtues empowered them to cope with the end of a relationship, the loss...
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What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite: Updated and RevisedScience writer David DiSalvo distills the latest research on how our brains work into easy-to-understand lessons that will give average readers insights into their habitual behavior. This book reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In...
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Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black HoleThis book identifies eight key mechanisms that can transform a set of ideas into a psychological flytrap. The author suggests that, like the black holes of outer space, from which nothing, not even light, can escape, our contemporary cultural landscape contains numerous intellectual black-holes-belief...
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How to Think Straight: An Introduction to Critical ReasoningPractical reasoning and clear thinking are essential for everyone if we are to make sense of the information we receive each day. Being able to quickly know the difference between valid and invalid arguments, the contradictory versus the contrary, vagueness and ambiguity, contradiction and...
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The Art of Logic in an Illogical WorldHow both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth world In a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to...
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Use of Abstraction and Logic in Mathematics"The Use of Abstraction and Logic in Mathematics" is an edited book consisting of 16 contemporaneous open-access articles that are essentially devoted to mathematical logic research, from classical to non-classical logical systems, from algebraic logic to fuzzy logic. The book addresses the following mathematical...
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Matematica: geometria piana e solidaIn questo libro sono presentati i presupposti teorici dei seguenti argomenti matematici: geometria piana (concetti elementari e figure)geometria solidacenno alle geometrie non euclideeInoltre sono citate le principali applicazioni di tali argomenti e sono svolti alcuni esercizi.Author: Simone MalacridaPublisher: Simone MalacridaPublished: 12/04/2022Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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