Logic for Fun and Profit

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  • This
  • book
  • is
  • intended
  • to
  • be
  • used
  • for
  • an
  • introductory
  • course
  • in
  • logic
  • that
  • includes
  • both
  • traditional
  • and
  • contemporary
  • approaches
  • to
  • the
  • study
  • of
  • logic.
  • Throughout
  • the
  • book,
  • humorous
  • examples
  • of
  • logical
  • errors
  • are
  • used
  • in
  • a
  • style
  • that
  • is
  • both
  • light-hearted
  • and
  • witty
  • to
  • keep
  • students
  • actively
  • engaged
  • in
  • the
  • exercises.
  • Also,
  • the
  • subject
  • matter
  • is
  • presented
  • in
  • such
  • a
  • way
  • that
  • it
  • is
  • attractive
  • to
  • those
  • who
  • have
  • a
  • personal
  • interest
  • in
  • pursuing
  • the
  • mental
  • challenges
  • of
  • logic
  • on
  • their
  • own.The
  • exercises
  • begin
  • with
  • a
  • warm-up
  • of
  • “mental
  • calisthenics”,
  • proceeding
  • to
  • humorous
  • examples
  • of
  • misuse
  • of
  • language,
  • and
  • gradually
  • moving
  • to
  • mathematical
  • and
  • computer
  • logic
  • as
  • each
  • chapter
  • builds
  • upon
  • the
  • lessons
  • of
  • the
  • preceding
  • one.
  • Each
  • chapter
  • contains
  • sample
  • exercises
  • with
  • solutions,
  • followed
  • by
  • additional
  • exercises
  • that
  • can
  • be
  • worked
  • in
  • class
  • or
  • assigned
  • for
  • students
  • to
  • work
  • on
  • their
  • own.
  • Where
  • rigor
  • is
  • required,
  • clarity
  • of
  • exposition
  • is
  • supplemented
  • with
  • detailed
  • examples.
  • The
  • Appendix
  • contains
  • solutions
  • to
  • odd-numbered
  • exercises.
  • The
  • solutions
  • provide
  • not
  • only
  • the
  • answers
  • but
  • explanations
  • of
  • how
  • the
  • answers
  • are
  • derived
  • so
  • that
  • students
  • can
  • understand
  • the
  • methods
  • they
  • should
  • use
  • to
  • reach
  • their
  • logical conclusion.
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