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" If A, then B : "
Michael Shenefelt & Heidi White
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625673
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Shenefelt, Michael,1953-
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If A, then B : : how the world discovered logic /\ Michael Shenefelt Heidi White
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xiii, 333 pages ;; 24 cm
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9780231161046 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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: 0231161042 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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: 9780231161053
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: 0231161050
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-325) and index
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| Contents
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Dawn of logic -- Aristotle: greatest of the Greek logicians -- Aristotle's system: the logic of classification -- Chrysippus and the stoics: a world of interlocking structures -- Logic versus anti-logic: the laws of contradiction and excluded middle -- Logical fanatics, circular reasoning, and Descartes's fundamental principle -- Will the future resemble the past?: inductive logic and scientific method -- Rhetorical frauds and sophistical ploys: ten classic tricks -- Symbolic logic and the digital future-- Faith and the limits of logic: the last unanswered question -- Appendix: further fallacies
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Treats politics, economics, technology, and geography as fundamental factors in generating an audience for logic
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Logic-- History
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160.9
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BC15.S54 2013
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White, Heidi
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