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Logic: A Complete Introduction

A step-by-step Teach Yourself guide to use at home, school or college

de Siu-Fan Lee ...

'After a lifetime of dabbling in philosophy without tackling logic, I bought a couple of books on the subject and was soon totally lost. This book saved me.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Unlike so many logic books, this one is easy to follow, step by step. Strongly recommended for beginners.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐When you see black clouds looming and predict it's going to rain, you're using ... Leer más

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'After a lifetime of dabbling in philosophy without tackling logic, I bought a couple of books on the subject and was soon totally lost. This book saved me.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Unlike so many logic books, this one is easy to follow, step by step. Strongly recommended for beginners.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐When you see black clouds looming and predict it's going to rain, you're using
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The Origin of the Logic of Symbolic Mathematics

Edmund Husserl and Jacob Klein

de Burt C. Hopkins ...

Series series Studies in Continental Thought
A look at the origination of the logic of symbolic mathematics as investigated by Edmund Husserl and Jacob Klein."A striking, original study . . . for the history of mathematics, our understanding of Husserlian phenomenology, and the concepts of formality and formalization." ―Robert B. Pippin, University of ChicagoBurt C. Hopkins presents the first in-depth study of the work of Edmund Husserl and ... Leer más

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A look at the origination of the logic of symbolic mathematics as investigated by Edmund Husserl and Jacob Klein."A striking, original study . . . for the history of mathematics, our understanding of Husserlian phenomenology, and the concepts of formality and formalization." ―Robert B. Pippin, University of ChicagoBurt C. Hopkins presents the first in-depth study of the work of Edmund Husserl and
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The Score

How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game

de C. Thi Nguyen ...

**Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly“Mind-expanding . . . The Score is so exuberant and readable that the depth and seriousness of its insights almost sneak up on you.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times“Brilliant and wildly original . . . The Score is socially attentive, historically literate and imbued with sensual glee.” —Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post“I give this ... Leer más

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**Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly“Mind-expanding . . . The Score is so exuberant and readable that the depth and seriousness of its insights almost sneak up on you.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times“Brilliant and wildly original . . . The Score is socially attentive, historically literate and imbued with sensual glee.” —Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post“I give this
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Being Logical

A Guide to Good Thinking

de D.Q. McInerny ...

An essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical thinking—by a renowned Notre Dame professorLogic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Beinglogical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments—arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also ... Leer más

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An essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical thinking—by a renowned Notre Dame professorLogic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Beinglogical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments—arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also
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The Art of Living

de Epictetus ...

No writings of Epictetus himself are really known. His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri). The main work is The Discourses, four books of which have been preserved (out of an original eight). Arrian also compiled a popular digest, entitled the Enchiridion, or Handbook. In a preface to the Discourses, addressed to Lucius Gellius, Arrian ... Leer más

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No writings of Epictetus himself are really known. His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri). The main work is The Discourses, four books of which have been preserved (out of an original eight). Arrian also compiled a popular digest, entitled the Enchiridion, or Handbook. In a preface to the Discourses, addressed to Lucius Gellius, Arrian
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Irreducible Mind

Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century

de Edward F. Kelly, Emily Williams Kelly, Adam Crabtree, Alan Gauld, Michael Grosso, Bruce Greyson ...

Current mainstream opinion in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind holds that all aspects of human mind and consciousness are generated by physical processes occurring in brains. Views of this sort have dominated recent scholarly publication. The present volume, however, demonstrates_empirically_that this reductive materialism is not only incomplete but false. The authors ... Leer más

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Current mainstream opinion in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind holds that all aspects of human mind and consciousness are generated by physical processes occurring in brains. Views of this sort have dominated recent scholarly publication. The present volume, however, demonstrates_empirically_that this reductive materialism is not only incomplete but false. The authors
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The Thinker's Guide to Analytic Thinking

How to Take Thinking Apart and What to Look for When You Do

de Linda Elder, Richard Paul ...

Series series Thinker's Guide Library
The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking explores the practice of analyzing problems and opportunities and provides a framework for finding common denominators, inconsistencies, biases, and underlying causes. It helps readers learn to think within the logic of subjects and professions. By offering proper tools for analysis and assessment of thought, it empowers readers to address any decision with ... Leer más

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The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking explores the practice of analyzing problems and opportunities and provides a framework for finding common denominators, inconsistencies, biases, and underlying causes. It helps readers learn to think within the logic of subjects and professions. By offering proper tools for analysis and assessment of thought, it empowers readers to address any decision with
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The Enlightenment

The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790

de Ritchie Robertson ...

A magisterial work of intellectual history that recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical means to achieve greater human happiness.One of the formative periods of European and world history, the Enlightenment is the fountainhead of modern secular Western values: religious tolerance, freedom of thought, speech and the ... Leer más

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A magisterial work of intellectual history that recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical means to achieve greater human happiness.One of the formative periods of European and world history, the Enlightenment is the fountainhead of modern secular Western values: religious tolerance, freedom of thought, speech and the
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The Problems of Philosophy

de Bertrand Russell ...

Bertrand Russell's classic primer on Western philosophy and the greatest thinkers of the past three millenniaWith zest and rigor, Bertrand Russell applies twentieth-century thinking to age-old philosophy, from the works of Plato and Aristotle to those of René Descartes and John Locke. In The Problems of Philosophy, he reviews the Western canon's most influential ideas and thought experiments, ... Leer más

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Bertrand Russell's classic primer on Western philosophy and the greatest thinkers of the past three millenniaWith zest and rigor, Bertrand Russell applies twentieth-century thinking to age-old philosophy, from the works of Plato and Aristotle to those of René Descartes and John Locke. In The Problems of Philosophy, he reviews the Western canon's most influential ideas and thought experiments,
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The Essential Peirce, Volume 1 (1867–1893)

Selected Philosophical Writings

Edición de Nathan Houser, Christian Kloesel ...

Series Libro 1 - The Essential Peirce
The first of two volumes of key texts from American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, the father of pragmatism."Often considered the greatest American philosopher, Peirce produced no comprehensive treatise; until now, students and scholars had to read through widely scattered papers to gain an overall view of his thought. This anthology remedies that situation by offering a full representation ... Leer más

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The first of two volumes of key texts from American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, the father of pragmatism."Often considered the greatest American philosopher, Peirce produced no comprehensive treatise; until now, students and scholars had to read through widely scattered papers to gain an overall view of his thought. This anthology remedies that situation by offering a full representation
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Truth Addict

How to Ask Questions, Test Ideas, and Get Answers in a Data-Driven World

de John Victor Kane ...

Foreword by Charles Wheelan, author of New York Times bestseller Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the DataWhat makes some evidence strong, some evidence weak, and some evidence total nonsense? Truth Addict is your guide to answers.Individuals, policymakers, and businesses across the globe want to make decisions based on ... ... Leer más

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Foreword by Charles Wheelan, author of New York Times bestseller Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the DataWhat makes some evidence strong, some evidence weak, and some evidence total nonsense? Truth Addict is your guide to answers.Individuals, policymakers, and businesses across the globe want to make decisions based on ...
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The Essential Bertrand Russell

de Bertrand Russell ...

The Essential Bertrand Russell is an extraordinary collection of writings by one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers. This comprehensive anthology brings together Bertrand Russell’s groundbreaking work in philosophy, mathematics, politics, education, and ethics, offering readers a window into the mind of a towering intellectual whose ideas shaped modern thought.At the heart of the ... Leer más

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The Essential Bertrand Russell is an extraordinary collection of writings by one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers. This comprehensive anthology brings together Bertrand Russell’s groundbreaking work in philosophy, mathematics, politics, education, and ethics, offering readers a window into the mind of a towering intellectual whose ideas shaped modern thought.At the heart of the
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The Limits of Thought

Discussions between J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm

de David Bohm, J. Krishnamurti ...

The Limits of Thought is a series of penetrating dialogues between the great spiritual leader, J. Krishnamurti and the renowned physicist, David Bohm.The starting point of their engaging exchange is the question: If truth is something different than reality, then what place has action in daily life in relation to truth and reality? We see Bohm and Krishnamurti explore the nature of consciousness ... Leer más

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The Limits of Thought is a series of penetrating dialogues between the great spiritual leader, J. Krishnamurti and the renowned physicist, David Bohm.The starting point of their engaging exchange is the question: If truth is something different than reality, then what place has action in daily life in relation to truth and reality? We see Bohm and Krishnamurti explore the nature of consciousness
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Mathematical Logic

On Numbers, Sets, Structures, and Symmetry

de Roman Kossak ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book, presented in two parts, offers a slow introduction to mathematical logic, and several basic concepts of model theory, such as first-order definability, types, symmetries, and elementary extensions.Its first part, Logic Sets, and Numbers, shows how mathematical logic is used to develop the number structures of classical mathematics. The exposition does not assume any prerequisites; it is ... Leer más

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This book, presented in two parts, offers a slow introduction to mathematical logic, and several basic concepts of model theory, such as first-order definability, types, symmetries, and elementary extensions.Its first part, Logic Sets, and Numbers, shows how mathematical logic is used to develop the number structures of classical mathematics. The exposition does not assume any prerequisites; it is
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Informal Logic

A Pragmatic Approach

de 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 ... Leer más

$33.99 USD

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
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Logic

A Very Short Introduction

de Graham Priest ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability ... Leer más

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Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability
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Escaping the Rabbit Hole

How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect (Revised and Updated - Includes Information about 2020 Election Fraud, The Coronavirus Pandemic, The Rise of QAnon, and UFOs)

de Mick West ...

Revised and updated for the first time in 2023—Now includes strategies for debunking conspiracies regarding the coronavirus pandemic, election fraud, QAnon, UFOs, and more.The Earth is flat, the World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre.All these claims are bunk: falsehoods, mistakes, and in ... Leer más

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Revised and updated for the first time in 2023—Now includes strategies for debunking conspiracies regarding the coronavirus pandemic, election fraud, QAnon, UFOs, and more.The Earth is flat, the World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre.All these claims are bunk: falsehoods, mistakes, and in
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Critical Thinking

Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life

de Richard Paul, Linda Elder ...

Written by two of the leading experts in the field, this introductory text presents critical thinking as a process for taking charge of and responsibility for one’s thinking.Based in theory developed over the last 30 years, Richard Paul and Linda Elder's text focuses on an integrated, comprehensive concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and practical. It fosters the development of ... Leer más

$72.99 USD

Written by two of the leading experts in the field, this introductory text presents critical thinking as a process for taking charge of and responsibility for one’s thinking.Based in theory developed over the last 30 years, Richard Paul and Linda Elder's text focuses on an integrated, comprehensive concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and practical. It fosters the development of
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Philosophical Theories of Probability

de Donald Gillies ...

Series series Philosophical Issues in Science
The Twentieth Century has seen a dramatic rise in the use of probability and statistics in almost all fields of research. This has stimulated many new philosophical ideas on probability.Philosophical Theories of Probability is the first book to present a clear, comprehensive and systematic account of these various theories and to explain how they relate to one another. Gillies also offers a ... Leer más

$64.99 USD

The Twentieth Century has seen a dramatic rise in the use of probability and statistics in almost all fields of research. This has stimulated many new philosophical ideas on probability.Philosophical Theories of Probability is the first book to present a clear, comprehensive and systematic account of these various theories and to explain how they relate to one another. Gillies also offers a
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Philosophy of Logics

de Susan Haack ...

The first systematic exposition of all the central topics in the philosophy of logic, Susan Haack's book has established an international reputation (translated into five languages) for its accessibility, clarity, conciseness, orderliness, and range as well as for its thorough scholarship and careful analyses. Haack discusses the scope and purpose of logic, validity, truth-functions, ... Leer más

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The first systematic exposition of all the central topics in the philosophy of logic, Susan Haack's book has established an international reputation (translated into five languages) for its accessibility, clarity, conciseness, orderliness, and range as well as for its thorough scholarship and careful analyses. Haack discusses the scope and purpose of logic, validity, truth-functions,
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Scripture, Logic, Language

Essays on Dharmakirti and his Tibetan Successors

de Tom J. F. Tillemans, E. Gene Smith ...

Series series Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
Dharmakirti, an Indian Buddhist philosopher of the seventh century, explored the nature, limits, and justifications of rationality within the context of Buddhist religious and metaphysical concerns. While Dharmakirti is widely recognized for his crucial innovations in Indian logic and semantic theory, his notoriously difficult thought nonetheless remains poorly understood.In this volume, one of ... Leer más

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Dharmakirti, an Indian Buddhist philosopher of the seventh century, explored the nature, limits, and justifications of rationality within the context of Buddhist religious and metaphysical concerns. While Dharmakirti is widely recognized for his crucial innovations in Indian logic and semantic theory, his notoriously difficult thought nonetheless remains poorly understood.In this volume, one of
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The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher

Exploring the Timeless Wisdom of Ancient Greek Philosophy

de Aristotle ...

The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher is a monumental compilation that encompasses the vast spectrum of Aristotle's thoughts across various domains such as metaphysics, ethics, politics, and natural sciences. Written in a clear yet profound prose style, Aristotle employed dialectical reasoning to dissect complex concepts, delivering insights that continue to influence modern thought. The ... Leer más

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The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher is a monumental compilation that encompasses the vast spectrum of Aristotle's thoughts across various domains such as metaphysics, ethics, politics, and natural sciences. Written in a clear yet profound prose style, Aristotle employed dialectical reasoning to dissect complex concepts, delivering insights that continue to influence modern thought. The
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Huge Numbers

A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7

de Richard Elwes ...

**How humanity’s long pursuit of ever-larger numbers broke the boundaries of mathematics and propelled us into the Information Age“A charming tour”—Jordan Ellenburg, author of Shape**What if, every time you wanted to write down 1,000,000, you had to draw a picture of a god? And what if that number were the biggest you had a symbol for? If you were doing math in ancient Egypt, those were the rules: ... Leer más

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**How humanity’s long pursuit of ever-larger numbers broke the boundaries of mathematics and propelled us into the Information Age“A charming tour”—Jordan Ellenburg, author of Shape**What if, every time you wanted to write down 1,000,000, you had to draw a picture of a god? And what if that number were the biggest you had a symbol for? If you were doing math in ancient Egypt, those were the rules:
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How Not to Be Wrong

The Power of Mathematical Thinking

de Jordan Ellenberg ...

**“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific AmericanThe Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands**The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly ... Leer más

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**“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific AmericanThe Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands**The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly
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