Logic made easy /

"From truth tables to syllogisms, fallacies to fuzzy logic, Bennett describes logical concepts and their points of intersection and departure, presenting a distilled survey of the entire field of logic in under three hundred pages. She explores each topic in depth, sprinkling line drawings, tab...

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Main Author: Bennett, Deborah J., 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Penguin, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : logic is rare
  • 1. Proof
  • 2. All
  • 3. A not tangles everything up
  • 4. Some is part or all of all
  • 5. Syllogisms
  • 6. When things are iffy
  • 7. Syllogisms involving if, and, and or
  • 8. Series syllogisms
  • 9. Symbols that express our thoughts
  • 10. Logic machines and truth tables
  • 11. Fuzzy logic, fallacies, and paradoxes
  • 12. Common logic and language
  • 13. Thinking well : together.