Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic

Henle, James M.; Garfield, Jay L.; Tymoczko, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1444337157 / ISBN 13: 9781444337150

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

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The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444337157
• ISBN 13: 9781444337150
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Altreuter, Emily
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic, 2nd Edition offers an innovative, friendly, and effective introduction to logic. It integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural language reasoning, analytical writing, critical thinking, set theory, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics.

• An innovative introduction to the field of logic designed to entertain as it informs
• Integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural language reasoning, analytical writing, critical thinking, set theory, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics
• Addresses contemporary applications of logic in fields such as computer science and linguistics
• A web-site (http://www.wiley.com/go/henle) linked to the text features numerous supplemental exercises and examples, enlightening puzzles and cartoons, and insightful essays

About the Author

James M. Henle is Professor of Mathematics at Smith College. His books include Calculus: the Language of Change (with David Cohen), Infinitesimal Calculus (with Eugene Kleinberg), and An Outline of Set Theory.

Jay L. Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Professor in the Graduate Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University, and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies.

Thomas Tymoczko was, until his death, Professor of Philosophy at Smith College. He was editor of New Directions in the Philosophy of Mathematics.