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Ask HN: Recommendations for Learning Logical Reasoning?

12 pointsby supz_kover 4 years ago
I think logical reasoning is a great skill to develop. Do you have any recommendations for books/blogs/tutorials online?

11 comments

cdbyrover 4 years ago
I found this course to be a nice intro: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coursera.org&#x2F;learn&#x2F;logic-introduction" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coursera.org&#x2F;learn&#x2F;logic-introduction</a><p>Unlike a lot of Coursera courses, the course is a series of interactive (mostly text) pages and some multiple-choice questions. In something like this, where sometimes you can breeze through, and sometimes you need to take a few minutes, I really like that.
jmkrover 4 years ago
Depends on what is meant by learning logical reasoning.<p>Raymond Smullyan has a bunch of puzzle books that are easily approachable, and some more formal books.<p>George Polya has a book called &quot;How to Solve It.&quot;<p>There&#x27;s a great graphic novel &quot;Logicomix&quot; that can give a good introduction to people involved in analytic philosophy.
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akg_67over 4 years ago
Super Thinking: The big book of mental models, Weinberg and McCann<p>Thinking in Bets, Annie Duke<p>How to Decide, Annie Duke<p>Asking the right question: A guide to critical thinking, Browne &amp; Keeley<p>Thinking in Systems, Meadows
jonsenover 4 years ago
<i>A Rulebook for Arguments</i> by Anthony Weston<p>My computer science education included CS philosophy where a.o. this was a course text.
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hot_fuzzybearover 4 years ago
I am not quite sure what are you looking for specifically, but if you are looking for a good book that teaches critical thinking from the academic philosophy perspective focusing on arguments, rhetoric and logic, I highly recommend the book &quot;Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide&quot; by Tracy Bowell and Gary Kemp. Only 300 pages of well written text (IMO). Hope this helps, and if not...it is still a quite useful and good book.
gthyuover 4 years ago
Math is still the best, most direct and fastest route towards your goal that I know of. Here below is a nice free book:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.people.vcu.edu&#x2F;~rhammack&#x2F;BookOfProof&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.people.vcu.edu&#x2F;~rhammack&#x2F;BookOfProof&#x2F;</a><p>In fact any intro to discrete math, real analysis, abstract algebra, number theory,..., or combinatorics book would work.
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billfruitover 4 years ago
I would recommend the book, Introduction to Logic by Irving M Copi and others. It has a large number of interesting exercises too.<p>Another choice would be the book, &#x27;The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric : Understanding the Nature and Function of Language&#x27; by Sister Miriam Joseph.
psyklicover 4 years ago
This site has the ultimate guide for self-learning logic: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.logicmatters.net&#x2F;tyl&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.logicmatters.net&#x2F;tyl&#x2F;</a> (TYL: Teach Yourself Logic)
abda0180over 4 years ago
CS157 (Computational Logic) at Stanford has made all its lectures etc. public. You can find it here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;intrologic.stanford.edu&#x2F;stanford&#x2F;index.php" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;intrologic.stanford.edu&#x2F;stanford&#x2F;index.php</a><p>I attended the course - and learned a lot!
selfishgeneover 4 years ago
One of the best introductions:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forallx.openlogicproject.org&#x2F;forallxyyc.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forallx.openlogicproject.org&#x2F;forallxyyc.pdf</a><p>Highly recommended. Also provides good preparation if you want to go on to study topics like non-standard logic and automated proof systems.
ddmmaover 4 years ago
If you want to extend this topic of reasoning, try Erik Angne’s Course in Behavioral Economics<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Course-Behavioral-Economics-Erik-Angner&#x2F;dp&#x2F;113751292X" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Course-Behavioral-Economics-Erik-Angn...</a>