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  • On the Purity of the Art of Logic

    The Shorter and the Longer Treatises

    by Walter Burley ...
    Translated by Mr. Paul Vincent Spade ...
    Series series Yale Library of Medieval Philosophy Seri
    This is the first complete English translation of On the Purity of the Art of Logic, a handbook of logic written in Latin by English philosopher Walter Burley (c.12751344/5). The work circulated in the Middle Ages in two versions, a shorter and a longer one, both translated here by Paul Vincent Spade. The translations are based on the only complete edition of Burley’s treatises, corrected by Spade ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

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  • Novum Organum / The New Organon: The True Directions Concerning The Interpretation Of Nature (Mobi Classics)

    by Francis Bacon ...
    The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as "new instrument". This is a reference to Aristotle's work Organon, which was his treatise on logic and syllogism. In Novum Organum, Bacon details a new system of logic he believes to be superior to the old ways of syllogism. For Bacon, finding the essence of a thing was a simple process of ... Read more

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  • Aristotle: The Complete Works

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  • On the Soul (Illustrated Edition)

    by Aristotle ...
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  • Informal Logic

    A Pragmatic Approach

    by Douglas Walton ...
    Second edition of the introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticising bad ones. Non-technical in approach, it is based on 186 examples, which Douglas Walton, a leading authority in the field of informal logic, discusses and evaluates in clear, illustrative detail. Walton explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur. He ... Read more

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  • Paradoxes from A to Z

    by Michael Clark ...
    Paradoxes from A to Z, Third edition is the essential guide to paradoxes, and takes the reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno to Galileo, and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell. Michael Clark uncovers an array of conundrums, such as Achilles and the Tortoise, Theseus’ Ship, and the Prisoner’s Dilemma, taking in subjects as diverse as knowledge, science, art and ... Read more

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  • The Uses of Argument

    by Stephen E. Toulmin ...
    A central theme throughout the impressive series of philosophical books and articles Stephen Toulmin has published since 1948 is the way in which assertions and opinions concerning all sorts of topics, brought up in everyday life or in academic research, can be rationally justified. Is there one universal system of norms, by which all sorts of arguments in all sorts of fields must be judged, or ... Read more

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  • The Big Think Book

    Discover Philosophy Through 99 Perplexing Problems

    by Peter Cave ...
    What makes me, me – and you, you?What is this thing called ‘love’?Does life have a point?Is ‘no’ the right answer to this question?Philosophy transports us from the wonderful to the weird, from the funny to the very serious indeed. With the aid of tall stories, jokes, fascinating insights and common sense, Peter Cave offers a comprehensive survey of all areas of philosophy, addressing the big ... Read more

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  • Frege Explained

    by Joan Weiner ...
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    What is the number one? How can we be sure that 2+2=4? These apparently ssimple questions have perplexed philosophers for thousands of years, but discussion of them was transformed by the German philosopher Gottlob Frege (1848-1925).Frege (pronounced Fray-guh)believed that arithmetic and all mathematics are derived from logic, and to prove this he developed a completely new approach to logic and ... Read more

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    How the World Discovered Logic

    by Michael Shenefelt, Heidi White ...
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  • Critical Thinking

    An Introduction to Reasoning Well

    by Dr Robert Arp, Dr Jamie Carlin Watson ...
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