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LOGIC AND ITS LIMITS
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| By: |
Patrick Shaw |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£39.99 |
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£34.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0192892800 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780192892805 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
7 August, 1997 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
OPUS |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
Logic and its Limits offers a common-sense introduction to the use of logic in everyday thought and argument. It examines the nature of good and bad arguments, drawing illustrations from a variety of up-to-date sources such as the press, radio, and television. Symbols and technicalities are kept to a minimum in this thorough and provocative investigation of the rational approach to thought (and its limitations). The book will help the reader to avoid badarguments, to detect them in others, and so to think and argue more effectively.A wide range of thought-provoking examples and exercises concerned with contemporary social and political issues make this a readable and stimulating guide for the student and general reader alike. |
| Synopsis: |
'This book grew out of the conviction, not in itself strange or startling, that the ordinary person can and should think straight rather than crooked.' Patrick Shaw has written a commonsense introduction to the use of logic in everyday thought and argument. It explains some of the rules of good argument and some of the ways in which arguments can fail, drawing illustrations from a variety of contemporary and international sources, such as the press, radio, and television. Symbols and technicalities are kept to a minimum in this thorough and provocative investigation of the rational approach to thought - and its limitations. Logic and Its Limits emphasizes the use of logic in helping to settle and clarify disputes. It will help the reader to avoid bad arguments, to detect them in others, and so to think and argue more effectively. A wide range of thought-provoking examples and exercises concerned with contemporary social and political issues make this a readable and stimulating guide for the student and general reader alike. |
| Illustrations: |
diagrams throughout |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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