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Finding Humor in Logical Reasoning
Why Did the Logician Cross the Road?
Finding Humor in Logical Reasoning
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Find out what connects logic and humor in this alternative guide to logical reasoning. Combining jokes, stories, and ironic situations, Stan Baronett shows how it is possible to ground the language of logic in everyday experience.
Each chapter introduces a basic logical reasoning concept based on happenings in daily life. Using jokes as his examples, Baronett reveals the inner workings of logic. After all an effective joke often relies on an unanticipated assumption that leads to an unexpected result. The assumption changes the normal context of an everyday situation, so we are surprised by the ending. A complex mind that learns from experience, and builds a storehouse of regularly recurring patterns, is a great survival tool. But for a joke to work, the punch line has to be something our minds don't logically anticipate. The ending jolts our minds for a split second while we grasp the absurdity of the situation.
This is how logic works: one part of your mind determines whether the information you are receiving is true or false, while another part of your mind deals with logical consequences. Injecting a sense of humor into logical language, Baronett helps us understand how to analyze basic logical reasoning and provides light relief for anyone daunted by the complex world of logic.
Table of Contents
1. You Call That An Argument?
2. That Comes In Two Flavors
3. I've Been Meaning To Tell You
4. Origin Of The Specious
5. It's Nothing Like That
6. Operator Assistance
7. Below Average
8. Casual Causality
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Index
Product details

Published | Sep 09 2021 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 136 |
ISBN | 9781350178915 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Dimensions | 9 x 5 inches |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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