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Symbolic Logic
enlarge	Author: Lewis Carroll Category: eBooks This item is no longer available Rating: 6 reviews Sales Rank: 93376 Format: Kindle Book Media: Kindle Edition ASIN: B0037Z6N6U Publication Date: February 9, 2010


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com 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. Product Description I shall be grateful to any Reader of this book who will point out any mistakes or misprints he may happen to notice in it, or any passage which he thinks is not clearly expressed.

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next » great book to teach logic to children May 26, 1999 Sergei Mikhelson (ssm21@columbia.edu) (New York, USA) 33 out of 33 found this review helpful This book by Lewis Carroll is a wonderful source to learn the basics of logic in a funny and natural way. It can be used as a self-study guide or as a manual for educators teaching elements of logic to schoolchildren. It is very clear and consequent and gives the basic idea of propositions and syllogisms. The theory is framed in an unusual game that makes it much more understandable. As always Carroll's examples are a little bit absurdic but this is exactly what makes them humorous, attractive and involving. The book is also a great brain teaser for readers of all ages. Unfortunately it is not as well known as Alice in Wonderland but it has been translated into many foreign languages. I widely used the Russain translation when teaching logic to schoolchildren in St. Petersburg, Russia. Currently being a doctoral student in the States I try to introduce it to my colleagues. Reminds us that math can be FUN January 20, 2000 boeanthropist (Cambridge, MA) 34 out of 35 found this review helpful Math is fun, but the rhetoric of most 'taught' (probably an overstatement) math (and, by extension, logic) is so incredibly dry that the forest is rarely seen for the bark on the trees. But here Carroll, with tongue lodged firmly in cheek, turns the rhetoric (and by extension, the way we think about math problems) on its ear, and the result is an often incredibly funny approach to math and logic problems which stays with you and ultimately worms its way into your quotidian. I'll also say that, as an atrociously poor student in high school, this book allowed me to ace the SATs, and then ten years later the GREs. An unexamined Life? One must learn how to examine first, right? February 25, 2009 SophiaSeeker (USA) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful Lewis Carroll {a.k.a Charles Dodgson} ... used to teach this 'stuff' to 14-year olds... with the new advent of media-entertainment: from playstation to blu-ray and everything between... all hand-eye coordintation aside.... our intelects and ability to learn has suffered.. I won't lie; this took we the better part of a year to assimilate.... all the nuances Carroll has for 'Learners'.... he even gives instructions in his intro in how to go about just that... In short; this book changed my life.... at the risk of sounding 'blasphemous' I would say its almost more important then the bible.... for it has allowed me to seek its truth in a whole new light...as well as any disciplined study I now find interest in...just as Mr. Dodgson in his playful way promised.. I believe it was Socrates that once said: "An unexamined life is not worth living" ; Carroll upgrades the outdated examination-tool of Magnigying Glass to Hubbel-Telescope... it really is this good if your patient with yourself{another Carrollinian-tip} and persevere with the exercises built right there into the book.. All People who read this book will be changed for ever. All People changed for ever will in turn change others for the better. All People who change others for the better, will be changed for better. Though this may sound like a good, moral argument... it is not a sound one.... I hope you look me up sometime and tell me why... details awaiting inside.... This ain't Wonderland July 22, 2006 KnottyFella (Phoenix, AZ USA) 14 out of 16 found this review helpful Some books you read to relax, some to learn, and some...well, some will make you think and wonder and grow. This is one of those. The problems here have been around for more than a century, and yet they are still as effective in teaching logic as the day they were written. If you are getting ready for the LSAT, this is not a bad place to start. If you just want to tease your intellect, this is a great source for hours of amusement. Symbolic logic still useful January 22, 2007 D. Castor (Wichita, Kansas) 2 out of 3 found this review helpful Probably is not often taught any more as it has been replaced by other methods, still has use because it teaches alternate methods and formats of solving logic problems. Since this book was not written recently the language can be a bit confusing, but otherwise is a quick and somewhat enjoyable read. Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next »

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