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Tractatus Logico Philosophicus (Routledge Classics)

Tractatus Logico Philosophicus (Routledge Classics)

by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus was the only philosophical work that Ludwig Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Written in short, carefully numbered paragraphs of extreme brilliance, it captured the imagination of a generation of philosophers.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

In these famous works of Lewis Carroll, a little girl finds adventure down a rabbit hole and through a mirror and a Bellman and his crew go off to hunt the snark.

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

Crimes Against Logic

by Jamie Whyte

A witty assault on lame rhetoric, specious logic, and official BS Here's a fast-paced, ruthlessly funny romp through the mulligan stew of illogic, unreason, and just plain drivel served up daily in the media by pundits, psychics, ad agencies, New Age gurus, statisticians, free trade ideologues, business "thinkers," and, of course, politicians. Award-winning young philosopher Jamie Whyte applies his... (more)

Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking

by Dennis Q. McInerny

Whether regarded as a science, an art, or a skill–and it can properly be regarded as all three–logic is the basis of our ability to think, analyze, argue, and communicate. Indeed, logic goes to the very core of what we mean by human intelligence. In this concise, crisply readable book, distinguished professor D. Q. McInerny offers an indispensable guide to using logic to advantage in everyday life. Written... (more)

A Rulebook for Arguments

by Anthony Weston

Updated examples, streamlined text, and the chapter on definition reworked in a rule-based format strengthen this already strong volume. Readers familiar with the previous edition will find a text that retains all the features that make Rulebook ideally suited for use as a supplementary course book-including its modest price and compact size. Unlike most textbooks on argumentative writing, Rulebook is... (more)

Critique of Pure Reason (Philosophical Classics)

Critique of Pure Reason (Philosophical Classics)

by Immanuel Kant, Patricia Kitcher, Allen W. Wood, Werner S. Pluhar

Eighteenth century philosophy was in a crisis, the schism between rationalism and empiricism complicating the dispute over the status of religion and the threat of science. Committed equally to reason and experience, science and morality, Kant's aim was to place these concerns on a secure basis while limiting their claim to unqualified truth: the result is the Critique of Pure Reason (1781), a decisively ... (more)

The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins

A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11. With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He... (more)

The Art of Deception

An Introduction to Critical Thinking: How to Win an Argument, Defend a Case, Recognize a Fallacy, See Through Deception, Persuade a Skeptic, Turn Defeat into Victory

by Nicholas Capaldi

You, too, can learn how to win an argument, defend your case, recognize faulty reasoning, see through deceptive ploys, persuade skeptics, and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Using examples from everyday life, Dr. Capaldi shows how critical thinking can work for you. 2 cassettes.

Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge

Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge

by William Poundstone

The author of Big Secrets and Bigger Secrets takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is seemingly rendered irrelevant.

Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

by Lewis Carroll

The 1872 sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland finds Carroll’s inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Alice encounters talking flowers, madcap kings and queens, and strange mythological characters when she becomes a pawn in a bizarre chess game involving Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and other amusing nursery-rhyme characters. One of juvenile literature’s great... (more)

Logic: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Logic: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

by Graham Priest

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 and decision... (more)

A New Kind of Science

by Stephen Wolfram

This long-awaited work from one of the world's most respected scientists presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments---illustrated in the book by striking computer graphics---Wolfram shows how their unexpected results force a whole new way of looking at the operation of our universe. Wolfram uses his approach to tackle a... (more)

Logic: Second Edition

by Wilfrid Hodges

If a man supports Arsenal one day and Spurs the next then he is fickle but not necessarily illogical. From this starting point, and assuming no previous knowledge of logic, Wilfrid Hodges takes the reader through the whole gamut of logical expressions in a simple and lively way. Readers who are more mathematically adventurous will find optional sections introducing rather more challenging material.

Gödel's proof,

by Ernest Nagel

"A little masterpiece of exegesis." - Nature "An excellent nontechnical account of the substance of Gödel's celebrated paper." -American Mathematical Society In 1931 Kurt Gödel published his fundamental paper, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of -Principia Mathematica- and Related Systems." This revolutionary paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in mathematics and... (more)

The World As I See It

by Albert Einstein

To the majority of people Einstein's theory is a complete mystery. Their attitude towards Einstein is like that of Mark Twain towards the writer of a work on mathematics: here was a man who had written an entire book of which Mark could not understand a single sentence. Einstein, therefore, is great in the public eye partly because he has made revolutionary discoveries which cannot be translated into the common... (more)

Mathematical Logic: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics (Undergraduate texts in mathematics)

Mathematical Logic: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics (Undergraduate texts in mathematics)

by Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus

This junior/senior level text is devoted to a study of first-order logic and its role in the foundations of mathematics: What is a proof? How can a proof be justified? To what extent can a proof be made a purely mechanical procedure? How much faith can we have in a proof that is so complex that no one can follow it through in a lifetime? The first substantial answers to these questions have only been obtained in... (more)

Set Theory and Logic

by Robert R. Stoll

Lucidly and gradually explains sets and relations, the natural number sequence and its generalization, extension of natural numbers to real numbers, logic, informal axiomatic mathematics, Boolean algebras, informal axiomatic set theory, several algebraic theories, and first-order theories. Its clarity makes this book excellent for self-study.

Logicomix

by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou

An innovative, dramatic graphic novel about the treacherous pursuit of the foundations of mathematics. This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his... (more)

Attacking Faulty Reasoning: Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments

Attacking Faulty Reasoning: Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments

by T. Edward Damer

Improve your skills in rational, argumentative discussion with ATTACKING FAULTY REASONING: PRACTICAL GUIDE TO FALLACY-FREE ARGUMENTS! Addressing over 60 fallacies and featuring a wealth of examples and exercises, this philosophy text will help you identify fallacies and craft well-formed arguments.

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by Ludwig Wittgenstein

by Lewis Carroll

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

by Jamie Whyte

by Dennis Q. McInerny

by Anthony Weston

by Immanuel Kant, Patricia Kitcher, Allen W. Wood, Werner S. Pluhar

by Richard Dawkins

An Introduction to Critical Thinking: How to Win an Argument, Defend a Case, Recognize a Fallacy, See Through Deception, Persuade a Skeptic, Turn Defeat into Victory

by Nicholas Capaldi

by William Poundstone

by Lewis Carroll

by Graham Priest

by Stephen Wolfram

by Wilfrid Hodges

by Ernest Nagel

by Albert Einstein

by Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus

by Robert R. Stoll

by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou

by T. Edward Damer