Logical Labyrinths

Brand: A K Peters/CRC Press

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$62.54 - $149.87
UPC:
9781568814438
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
12/22/2008
Author:
Raymond Smullyan
Language:
english
Edition:
1
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Product Overview

This book features a unique approach to the teaching of mathematical logic by putting it in the context of the puzzles and paradoxes of common language and rational thought. It serves as a bridge from the authors puzzle books to his technical writing in the fascinating field of mathematical logic. Using the logic of lying and truth-telling, the author introduces the readers to informal reasoning preparing them for the formal study of symbolic logic, from propositional logic to first-order logic, a subject that has many important applications to philosophy, mathematics, and computer science. The book includes a journey through the amazing labyrinths of infinity, which have stirred the imagination of mankind as much, if not more, than any other subject.