Symbolic Logic: Part I - Elementary, Part II - Advanced (never previously pblished)

Carroll, Lewis. William Warren Bartley, III

ISBN 10: 0855279842 / ISBN 13: 9780855279844

Published by Harvester Press, Hassocks, Sussex, 1977

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First edition first printing thus. Thick octavo paperback 524 pages Illustrated Very Good condition Previous owner's name on front end paper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Symbolic Logic: Part I - Elementary, Part II - Advanced (never previously pblished)
• Publisher: Harvester Press, Hassocks, Sussex
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0855279842
• ISBN 13: 9780855279844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 800 grams
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Synopsis

In this unique fusion of logical thought and inimitable whimsy, Over 350 ingenious problems involve classical logic: logic is expressed in terms of symbols; syllogisms and the sorites are diagrammed; logic becomes a game played with 2 diagrams and a set of counters. Two books bound as one.

Review

Yes, this is the Lewis Carroll who wrote Alice in Wonderland, and these two works show the same quirky humor. Here you see Carroll the mathematician at his playful best. Don't let the title of the first work mislead you--this isn't about modern symbolic logic but about ways of expressing classical logic with symbols. It's loaded with amusing problems to delight any mathematical puzzler. In the second work he turns logic into a game played with diagrams and colored counters, giving you hundreds of challenging and witty syllogisms to solve. Great mind-stretching fun.