Being Logical
A Guide to Good Thinking
$25.40
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
10 May 2005
Summary
An accessible guide to the principles of good thinking in the spirit of Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style, now especially well-suited for reference in a handy paperback edition.
An essential tool for our post-truth world - a witty primer on logic and the dangers of illogical thinking - by a renowned Notre Dame professor.
Logic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Being logical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments - argumen…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812971156 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0812971159 |
| Author: | D.Q. McInerny, Dennis Q. McInerny |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2005 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 131mm x 8mm |
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Critics Review
“Highly readable … D. Q. McInerny offers an introduction to symbolic logic in plain English, so you can finally be clear on what is deductive reasoning and what is inductive. And you’ll see how deductive arguments are constructed.”—Detroit Free Press
“McInerny’s explanatory outline of sound thinking will be eminently beneficial to expository writers, debaters, and public speakers.”—Booklist
“Given the shortage of logical thinking,
And the fact that mankind is adrift, if not sinking,
It is vital that all of us learn to think straight.
And this small book by D.Q. McInerny is great.
It follows therefore since we so badly need it,
Everybody should not only but it, but read it.”
—Charles Osgood
About The Author
D.Q. McInerny
D. Q. McInerny has taught logic to college students for decades at Notre Dame, the University of Kentucky, and Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Lincoln, Nebraska. A scholar of Thomas Merton and the recipient of two PhDs, Professor McInerny lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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