Best Philosophy of Logic & Language Books
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1. The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning
Author: by Nathaniel Bluedorn
Christian Logic
English
264 pages
The Fallacy Detective has been the best selling text for teaching logical fallacies and introduction to logic for over 15 years.”Can learning logic be fun? With The Fallacy Detective it appears that it can be. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who wants to improve his reasoning skills.”-Tim Challies, curriculum reviewer”Cartoon and comic illustrations, humorous examples, and a very reader-friendly writing style make this the sort of course students will enjoy.”-Cathy Duffy, homeschool curriculum reviewer”I really like The Fallacy Detective because it has funny cartoons, silly stories, and teaches you a lot!”-11 Year OldWhat is a fallacy?
A fallacy is an error in logic a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. This is a handy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning. For ages twelve through adult. Fun to use – learn skills you can use right away.
Peanuts, Dilbert, and Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. Includes The Fallacy Detective Game. Exercises with answer key.
2. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Author: by Douglas R Hofstadter
Basic Books
English
824 pages
Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeA metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis CarrollDouglas Hofstadter’s book is concerned directly with the nature of “maps” or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it.
If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the cell, if consciousness can emerge out of a formal system of firing neurons, then so too will computers attain human intelligence. Gdel, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.
3. Print Handwriting Workbook for Teens: Improve your printing handwriting & practice print penmanship workbook for teens and tweens
Author: by Sujatha Lalgudi
B08BDSDWLH
English
110 pages
This print handwriting workbook is for teens and tweens who are looking to build print writing skills. Get over 100 pages of practice supported by easy illustrated dot to dot method to make learning print writing fun and easy. The teen writing workbook starts with the basic alphabet to develop the required muscle memory and progressively advances to writing using a smaller letter size.
It builds an understanding of how to form each letter of the alphabet correctly. This print handwriting workbook takes the writer on a skill building journey of Tracing the lettersWriting two, three and four letter wordsWriting numbers and number wordsWriting entire sentencesThe included thoughtful quotes and motivational sentences give a great foundation for writing while helping teens and tweens explore new conceptsBuy this today to begin a journey into the beautiful world of print writing penmanship.
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4. ALPHA MALE BIBLE: CHARISMA, PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTRACTION, CHARM. ART OF CONFIDENCE, SELF-HYPNOSIS, MEDITATION. ART OF BODY LANGUAGE, EYE CONTACT, SMALL TALK. HABITS & SELF-DISCIPLINE OF A REAL ALPHA MAN.
Author: by SEAN WAYNE
B08TZK8VMW
English
121 pages
Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read .. .” Evelyn Lamb, Scientific AmericanThe Freakonomics of matha math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned.
In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we dothe whole world is shot through with it.
Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It’s a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport?
What does public opinion really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer? How Not to Be Wrong presents the surprising revelations behind all of these questions and many more, using the mathematician’s method of analyzing life and exposing the hard-won insights of the academic community to the laymanminus the jargon.
6. An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
Author: by Ali Almossawi
The Experiment
English
64 pages
A flawless compendium of flaws. Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human JourneyFrom the author of the forthcoming An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, here’s the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals! Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates?
Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, a la Aristotle). Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope argument, the ad hominem attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall shortplus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical faux pas.
Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky must be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (the appeal to ignorance). And Lion doesn’t believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that were true, he wouldn’t like the result (the argument from consequences).
7. Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
Author: by David Whyte
Many Rivers Press
English
245 pages
After many years of revising the essays, author David Whyte has published this revised edition of his well loved book. In addition to sharper versions of many of the essays, it contains an additional piece, CLOSE: To consciously become close is a form of unilateral disarmament, a chancing of our arm and our love, a willingness to hazard our affections and an unconscious declaration that we might be equal to the inevitable loss that the vulnerability of being close will bring.
With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the underlying currents of human life.
8. Finite and Infinite Games
Author: by James Carse
English
160 pages
1476731713
There are at least two kinds of games, states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.
Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious. Their object is not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play. The rules may change, the boundaries may change, even the participants may changeas long as the game is never allowed to come to an end.
What are infinite games? How do they affect the ways we play our finite games? What are we doing when we playfinitely or infinitely? And how can infinite games affect the ways in which we live our lives? Carse explores these questions with stunning elegance, teasing out of his distinctions a universe of observation and insight, noting where and why and how we play, finitely and infinitely.
9. The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-Five Lessons That Will Build Your Reasoning Skills
Author: by Nathaniel Bluedorn
English
237 pages
0974531510
The Thinking Toolbox has been the best selling text for teaching critical thinking skills and introduction to logic for over 15 years.”The Bluedorns have certainly achieved their goal of creating a logic textbook that is neither boring nor distant, but rather informative, approachable, enjoyable, and valuable.” – Jordan J.
Ballor at the Acton Institute -Acton Institute web site”I think the best part of The Thinking Toolbox would be the examples because they are hilarious…. I would highly recommend this book. It’s useful and great comedy at the same time.” Sarah (age 11) -studentThis book is like a toolbox, full of different kinds of tools you can use for different thinking tasks.
Just as you use the wrench in a regular tool box to fix the sink, so you can use the tools we give you in this book to solve thinking problems. When it is dumb to argue- Using the scientific method- Five rules of brainstorming- Who has a reason to lie?
How to analyze opposing viewpoints- How to analyze evidence and sources- How to list reasons why you believe something- And much moreWe wrote this book for children and adults who want to learn logic and critical thinking skills. The Thinking Toolbox follows the same style as The Fallacy Detective with lessons and exercises and an answer key in the back.
10. A Rulebook for Arguments
Author: by Anthony Weston
English
120 pages
162466654X
From academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking in general.
11. Critical Thinking In A Nutshell: How To Become An Independent Thinker And Make Intelligent Decisions (Critical Thinking & Logic Mastery)
Author: by Thinknetic
B091NLDBN4
English
132 pages
Did you know that 93% of CEOs agree that THIS skill is MORE IMPORTANT than your college degree? Amazon’s market cap is 1.7 TRILLION dollars. And it all started when Jeff Bezos used this skill to see a market inefficiency back in the day, before anyone else.
During the 1980s “Coke Wars,” Coca-Cola and Pepsi went back and forth competing to be America’s top soda. But Coca-Cola didn’t use this skill at the right time… And their mistake almost completely blew up one of America’s oldest and most valuable companies.
Having this skill in your back pocket is like shortcutting Malcom Gladwell’s 10,000 hours rule to learning something (who’s got time for that?.So, what is it? Nothing complex or fancy. But it’s the skill Supreme Court justices have in spades (they’re the highest legal authority in our country because they can do this thing).
It’s critical thinking. Critical thinking is one of those skills everyone “thinks” that they already haveBut most people are anxious, unhappy, doubt their decisions, and aren’t where they want to be in life. Sometimes, basic skills aren’t so basic. But it’s not your fault.
12. The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
Author: by Erik J. Larson
English
320 pages
0674983513
If you want to know about AI, read this bookit shows how a supposedly futuristic reverence for Artificial Intelligence retards progress when it denigrates our most irreplaceable resource for any future progress: our own human intelligence. Peter ThielA cutting-edge AI researcher and tech entrepreneur debunks the fantasy that superintelligence is just a few clicks awayand argues that this myth is not just wrong, it’s actively blocking innovation and distorting our ability to make the crucial next leap.
Futurists insist that AI will soon eclipse the capacities of the most gifted human mind. What hope do we have against superintelligent machines? But we aren’t really on the path to developing intelligent machines. In fact, we don’t even know where that path might be.
A tech entrepreneur and pioneering research scientist working at the forefront of natural language processing, Erik Larson takes us on a tour of the landscape of AI to show how far we are from superintelligence, and what it would take to get there.
13. How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
Author: by Massimo Pigliucci
Basic Books
English
288 pages
In the tradition of How to Live and How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish todayWhenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life.
No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius, as the best way to attain it. Stoicism is a pragmatic philosophy that focuses our attention on what is possible and gives us perspective on what is unimportant.
By understanding Stoicism, we can learn to answer crucial questions: Should we get married or divorced? How should we handle our money in a world nearly destroyed by a financial crisis? How can we survive great personal tragedy? Whoever we are, Stoicism has something for us-and How to Be a Stoic is the essential guide.
14. Logic: A Complete Introduction (Complete Introductions)
Author: by Siu-Fan Lee
1473608430
Teach Yourself
English
Understand Logic is a comprehensive introduction to this fascinating though sometimes challenging subject. As well as looking at logic in theoretical terms the book considers its everyday uses and demonstrates how it has genuine practical applications. It will take you step by step through the most difficult concepts and is packed with exercises to help you consolidate your learning at every stage.
Covering everything from syllogistic logic to logical paradoxes and even looking at logic in Alice in Wonderland, this is the only guide you will ever need.
15. Bad Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Fallacies in Western Philosophy
Author: by Robert Arp
B07JCK5CD8
Wiley-Blackwell
September 28, 2018
A timely and accessible guide to 100 of the most infamous logical fallacies in Western philosophy, helping readers avoid and detect false assumptions and faulty reasoning You’ll love this book or you’ll hate it. So, you’re either with us or against us.
And if you’re against us then you hate books. No true intellectual would hate this book. Ever decide to avoid a restaurant because of one bad meal? Choose a product because a celebrity endorsed it? Or ignore what a politician says because she’s not a member of your party?
For as long as people have been discussing, conversing, persuading, advocating, proselytizing, pontificating, or otherwise stating their case, their arguments have been vulnerable to false assumptions and faulty reasoning. Drawing upon a long history of logical falsehoods and philosophical flubs, Bad Arguments demonstrates how misguided arguments come to be, and what we can do to detect them in the rhetoric of others and avoid using them ourselves.
Fallaciesor conclusions that don’t follow from their premiseare at the root of most bad arguments, but it can be easy to stumble into a fallacy without realizing it. In this clear and concise guide to good arguments gone bad, Robert Arp, Steven Barbone, and Michael Bruce take readers through 100 of the most infamous fallacies in Western philosophy, identifying the most common missteps, pitfalls, and dead-ends of arguments gone awry.
16. The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools (Thinker's Guide Library)
Author: by Richard Paul
English
48 pages
1538134942
This powerful book introduces core critical thinking concepts and principles as an empowering problem-solving framework for every profession, course of study, and indeed every area of life. The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools distills the groundbreaking work of Richard Paul and Linda Elder, targeting how to deconstruct thinking through the elements of reasoning and how to assess the quality of our thinking.
The eighth edition of this guide further details the foundations of critical thinking and how they can be applied in instruction to improve teaching and learning at all levels; it also reveals how we can learn to identify and avoid egocentric and sociocentric thought, which lead to close-mindedness, self-deception, arrogance, hypocrisy, greed, selfishness, herd mentality, prejudice, and the like.
With more than half a million copies sold, Richard Paul and Linda Elder’s bestselling book in the Thinker’s Guide Library is used in secondary and higher education courses and professional development seminars across the globe. In a world of conflicting information and clashing ideologies, this guide clears a path for advancing fairminded critical societies.
