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[There is] an impossible tension between high and low, from which we seem to suffer in academic textbook writing. . . . Textbooks--especially logic textbooks--are expected to talk down to students, in the sense of being undemanding, assuming no previous knowledge, explaining all terminology, and, in general, being suitably long-winded and patient. The Little Logic Book is refreshingly different. It succeeds in its demonstration of logical topics, from the most basic (like truth tables) to some of the most advanced (like modal logic and counterfactuals), and provides concise articulations of advanced questions and their no-less advanced answers. . . . This is an admirably pertinent book to supplement introductory philosophy classes by introducing students to the fundamentals of reasoning of all kinds?deductive, inductive, scientific, fallacious, and so on. When used with the exercises that accompany it on the press website, it will clarify these staples of philosophical argumentation in just the right dose at just the right intellectual level. -Anat Biletzki, Albert Schweitzer Professor of Philosophy, Quinnipiac University, review from Teaching Philosophy

""[There is] an impossible tension between high and low, from which we seem to suffer in academic textbook writing. . . . Textbooks--especially logic textbooks--are expected to ""talk down"" to students, in the sense of being undemanding, assuming no previous knowledge, explaining all terminology, and, in general, being suitably long-winded and patient. The Little Logic Book is refreshingly different. It succeeds in its demonstration of logical topics, from the most basic (like truth tables) to some of the most advanced (like modal logic and counterfactuals), and provides concise articulations of advanced questions and their no-less advanced answers. . . . This is an admirably pertinent book to supplement introductory philosophy classes by introducing students to the fundamentals of reasoning of all kinds?deductive, inductive, scientific, fallacious, and so on. When used with the exercises that accompany it on the press website, it will clarify these staples of philosophical argumentation in just the right dose at just the right intellectual level."" -Anat Biletzki, Albert Schweitzer Professor of Philosophy, Quinnipiac University, review from Teaching Philosophy

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