Logic in the Wild - Couverture souple

Girard, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0228021235 ISBN 13 : 9780228021230

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Is logic a good tool for making decisions? Can it make us better listeners and help us find coherence in views that we disagree with? Is Sherlock Holmes actually good at logic? Patrick Girard addresses these and other questions by presenting logic as the guardian of coherence. Logic, Girard argues, finds coherence in the patterns of reasoning across science, religion, and everyday decision making. It helps communities engage safely by replacing contentious debates with shared, constructive reasoning – logic provides neutral ground for the healthy pursuit of common goals and interests. Logic in the Wild employs common sense language, eschewing technical jargon, symbols, and equations. Girard’s attention focuses on logic’s power to find what unites the complex and the simple, the abstract and the concrete, the theoretical and the practical. In treating logic not as a passive subject to learn but as an active discipline to engage with, Logic in the Wild teaches us to identify patterns in our own reasoning, which inevitably helps us better confront questions central to everyday life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patrick Girard is senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Auckland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0228021235
• ISBN 13: 9780228021230
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
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