Symbolic Logic and the Game of Logic
by Lewis Carroll 
The Mathematical Recreations of Lewis Carroll (1)
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In this unique fusion of logical thought and inimitable whimsy, Over 350 ingenious problems involve classical logic: logic is expressed in terms of symbols; syllogisms and the sorites are diagrammed; logic becomes a game played with 2 diagrams and a set of counters. Two books bound as one.Tags
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Carroll's book is an engaging, even playful, introduction to Basic Logic. Especially his diagram method I find particularly illustrative and worth of today's classroom. Also very enlightening is his side-by-side comparison of his method and those of Euclid and Venn. The second book, "The Game of Logic", is a literal board game based on syllogisms based on his method.
Very little archaisms get in the way, here.
Very little archaisms get in the way, here.
Seems fairly simplistic, from my perspective as someone who's taken plenty of higher maths courses. Could be good for a preteen or junior high schooler, though.
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Charles Luthwidge Dodgson was born in Daresbury, England on January 27, 1832. He became a minister of the Church of England and a lecturer in mathematics at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was the author, under his own name, of An Elementary Treatise on Determinants, Symbolic Logic, and other scholarly treatises. He is better known by his pen show more name of Lewis Carroll. Using this name, he wrote Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. He was also a pioneering photographer, and he took many pictures of young children, especially girls, with whom he seemed to empathize. He died on January 14, 1898. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1887 (The Game of Logic) (The Game of Logic); 1897 (Symbolic Logic) (Symbolic Logic); 1958 (collection) (collection)
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