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The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods by Baggini and Fosl. Mathematical logic, fallacies, etc. written by two famous phi
by nextos 4y ago
The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods by Baggini and Fosl. Mathematical logic, fallacies, etc. written by two famous philosophers. It's a great textbook for undergrads.
Also Statistical Models: Theory and Practice by Freedman. I refer you to Taleb's review: https://www.amazon.com/Statistical-Models-Practice-David-Freedman/product-reviews/0521743850/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewopt_kywd?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=1&filterByKeyword=taleb https://www.amazon.com/Statistical-Models-Practice-David-Fre...
"[...] This book is outstanding in the following two aspects: 1) It is of immense clarity, embedding everything in real situations, 2) It uses the real-life situation to critique the statistical model and show you the limit of statistic."
Both cover most of what you need to know to think rigorously using logic and its extension to account for uncertainty, probability.
- rramadass 4y agoGreat suggestions. The first one in particular looks very interesting. How would you compare Statistical Models by Freedman with Statistical Models by Davison ?
- nextos 4y agoI have Davison's book in my shelf but never read it cover to cover. I think it's much more advanced. It's like a third course in statistics, whereas Freedman can be used in first year.