Logic Made Easy by Deborah Bennett, W. W. Norton, $24.95, ISBN 0393057488 Reviewed by Mike Holderness
FOR this reviewer, work avoidance has consisted recently of arguing online with those who believe that global climate change is a scam that has been cooked up by envious environmentalists, maliciously to deprive them of the sports utility vehicles that said greenies notably don’t want. Frequently, these arguments take a philosophical turn. They may start by pointing out the little logical contradiction in the above and progress to the meanings of the words “know” and “meaning”.
Logic, as Deborah Bennett has found while teaching…
