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Ask HN: Recommendations for Learning Logical Reasoning?
I think logical reasoning is a great skill to develop. Do you have any recommendations for books/blogs/tutorials online?
- jonsen 6y agoA Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston My computer science education included CS philosophy where a.o. this was a course text.
- supz_k 6y agoThank you.
- gthyu 6y agoMath is still the best, most direct and fastest route towards your goal that I know of. Here below is a nice free book: https://www.people.vcu.edu/~rhammack/BookOfProof/ https://www.people.vcu.edu/~rhammack/BookOfProof/ In fact any intro to discrete math, real analysis, abstract algebra, number theory,..., or combinatorics book would work.
- jmkr 6y agoDepends on what is meant by learning logical reasoning. Raymond Smullyan has a bunch of puzzle books that are easily approachable, and some more formal books. George Polya has a book called "How to Solve It." There's a great graphic novel "Logicomix" that can give a good introduction to people involved in analytic philosophy.
- supz_k 6y agoThanks for the all resources. I'm mainly looking for a mathematics-based approach. "How to solve it" looks promising. Thanks.
- ddmma 6y agoIf you want to extend this topic of reasoning, try Erik Angne’s Course in Behavioral Economics https://www.amazon.com/Course-Behavioral-Economics-Erik-Angner/dp/113751292X https://www.amazon.com/Course-Behavioral-Economics-Erik-Angn...
- cdbyr 6y agoI found this course to be a nice intro: https://www.coursera.org/learn/logic-introduction https://www.coursera.org/learn/logic-introduction 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.
- billfruit 6y agoI would recommend the book, Introduction to Logic by Irving M Copi and others. It has a large number of interesting exercises too. Another choice would be the book, 'The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric : Understanding the Nature and Function of Language' by Sister Miriam Joseph.
- selfishgene 6y agoOne of the best introductions: https://forallx.openlogicproject.org/forallxyyc.pdf https://forallx.openlogicproject.org/forallxyyc.pdf Highly recommended. Also provides good preparation if you want to go on to study topics like non-standard logic and automated proof systems.
- psyklic 6y agoThis site has the ultimate guide for self-learning logic: https://www.logicmatters.net/tyl/ https://www.logicmatters.net/tyl/ (TYL: Teach Yourself Logic)
- hot_fuzzybear 6y agoI 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 "Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide" 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.
- akg_67 6y agoSuper Thinking: The big book of mental models, Weinberg and McCann Thinking in Bets, Annie Duke How to Decide, Annie Duke Asking the right question: A guide to critical thinking, Browne & Keeley Thinking in Systems, Meadows
- abda0180 6y agoCS157 (Computational Logic) at Stanford has made all its lectures etc. public. You can find it here: http://intrologic.stanford.edu/stanford/index.php http://intrologic.stanford.edu/stanford/index.php I attended the course - and learned a lot!