Biographie de l'auteur
Gary Jason was born in Pittsburgh, PA and grew up in Los Angeles, CA. He attended UCLA as undergraduate, earning Bachelor’s degrees in both Physics and Philosophy. He then attended the University of Illinois, where he earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy, with an emphasis in the History and Philosophy of Science. He subsequently earned an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Kansas State University. Jason has taught Philosophy for over thirty years, and is currently an adjunct Philosophy professor at California State University, Fullerton, where he teaches critical thinking, logic and business ethics. He is the author of several books, including: Philosophic Thoughts: Essays in Logic and Philosophy; Critical Thinking: Developing and Effective Worldview; Introduction to Logic; and The Logic of Discovery. He has also published roughly seven hundred academic and trade articles, book reviews, movie reviews, and opinion editorials.
Présentation de l'éditeur
This textbook offers a dynamic new approach to logic with emphasis on the development of skills. The reader learns to use practical guidelines and helpful hints in dealing with statements, questions and their presuppositions, single and multiple arguments, and dialogues as they occur in ordinary language. Symbolic logic is presented in a clear and measured fashion with an eye to ordinary language applications. The reader is introduced to natural deduction through the use of proof constructions based on a core set of simple rules. This text also presents a fresh approach to traditional logic though set theory. Carroll diagrams are used in place of Venn diagrams in order to help develop a more intuitive understanding of syllogisms.
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