512 Pages
by
Routledge
512 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Snake and the Fox is a highly imaginative and fun way to learn logic. Mary Haight's characters guide you through an elaborate tale of how logic works. This book features the Snake and the Fox, Granny, Gussie and the Newts, Ren^De Descartes and Miss Nightingale, along with a huge supporting cast of humans, devils and sausage machines. For anyone coming to logic for the first time, this... Read more
Preface Prologue: the Snake and the Fox PART I Truth and validity Chapters 1-14 PART II The logic of statements I (truth-tables) Chapters 15-28 PART III The logic of sets (Venn diagrams) Chapters 29-36 PART IV The logic of statements II (proofs) Chapters 37-52
Biography
Mary Haight teaches at the Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow. She is also the author of A Study of Self-Deception.
A highly imaginative and fun way to learn logic. Mary Haight's characters guide you through an elaborate tale of how logic works ... The book teaches all the basics the reader needs to know about logic in a truly enjoyable and innovative way. Anyone teaching themselves logic, or learning it on a course is bound to get a lot out of The Snake and the Fox. - Zbl Math
