LOGIC书评.docx

LOGIC:A Very Short Introduction  PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT - 21 - My Schedule ContentsPlanned Finish DateActual Finish Date1 Validity:What Follows from What?3.33.22 Truth Functions-Or Not?3.63.63 Names and Quantifiers:Is Nothing Something?3.103.94 Descriptions and Existence:Did the Greeks Worship Zeus?3.133.135 Self-Reference:What is this Chapter About?3.153.156 Necessity and Possibility:What will be Must be?3.203.207 Conditionals:What’s in an If?3.243.258 The Future and the Past:Is Time Real?3.303.319 Identity and Change:Is Anything Ever the Same?4.44.510 Vagueness:How do you Stop Sliding down a Slippery Slope?4.104.911 Probability:The Strange Case of the Missing Reference Class.4.154.14 Book Blurbs Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory. Along the way, the basics of formal logic are explained in simple, non-technical terms, showing that logic is a powerful and exciting part of modern philosophy. Chapter Plot/Summary Validity:What Follows from What?This is the topic of the chapter.And the author tells us what is the logic mainly. And with some experience of discourse and logicians classic example for us to show the charm of logic. Notes Logical adj. 符合逻辑的 Eg:There?was?a?logical?explanation. 存在一个合理的解释。 Criticism n. 批评，批判 Eg:The?criticism?that?the?English?do?not?truly?care?about?their?children?was?often?voiced. 常有人指责英国人并不真正关心自己的子女。 Irrational adj. 荒谬的，不合理的 Eg:His?behaviour?was?becoming?increasingly?irrational. 他的行为变得越来越不理智了。 Inference n. 推理 Eg:There?were?two?inferences?to?be?drawn?from?