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Carregando... Logic Made Easy: How to Know When Language Deceives Youde Deborah J. Bennett
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Not as rigorous as many other logic texts, but somewhat entertaining nonetheless. This book could serve a high level refresher in basic, western logic or as a palatable introduction if followed by deeper books after. ( ) The title here is misleading. This a book on the history of logic and on the psychological experiments testing people's use of logic. The point of the book is not to teach you how to do formal logic or how to apply logic, or even really how logic applies to the psychology of normal situations (although that last one does come up as a byproduct of describing psychology experiments). As such, this book lives in an odd middling space. On one hand it is meant as an introductory primer to logical thought, but it gets sidetracked by unnecessary history lessons and anecdotal asides. In addition, it skips on technical facets that would have helped to illuminate the concepts. Were the book more thorough it covering all of the relevant background information, that would have been fascinating in its own right, though it would have been a much slower read and less of an introductory popular science type book. If it had been trimmed to the bones, losing mainly the historical parts, it would be a more riveting read and truer to the subtitle. An interesting and accessible introduction to logic. Deborah J. Bennett described syllogisms so that I finally understood them, and the whole book was a good reminder to think more critically and pay attention to all the information available. I also enjoyed the sample logic problems throughout the book, and even answered a few of them correctly after much cudgeling of my brain. Deborah Bennett explains logic (both mathematical and word) through an easy-to-read style. She explains everything in detail and cites all her sources. After reading Logic Made Easy, I feel better about using logic and knowing when it's being used against me. One of my goals was to learn this to become a better communicator and this book helped. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
A collection of anecdotal histories defines the relationship between language and logic, sharing visual examples and puzzles that can be used by readers to raise test scores and recognize the illogical in everyday things. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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