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Understanding symbolic logic

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Paradoxes: Their Roots, Range, and Resolution

A paradox (from the Greek observe which means "contrary to expectation") is a press release that turns out self-contradictory yet should be precise. Exploring the excellence among fact and plausibility, the writer offers a standardized, undemanding technique for interpreting paradoxes -- one who should be utilized to all their varieties, no matter if shrewdpermanent wordplay or extra advanced matters

Meaning and Argument. An Introduction to Logic Through Language

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Understanding psychology as a science : an introduction to scientific and statistical inference

What makes psychology a science?

What is the good judgment underlying mental study?

In this groundbreaking ebook Zoltán Dienes introduces scholars to key matters within the philosophy of technological know-how and facts that experience a right away and important concerning the perform of analysis in psychology. The booklet is organised round the influential thinkers and conceptual debates which pervade mental study and instructing yet formerly haven't been made obtainable to scholars. In a transparent and fluid type, Dienes takes the reader on a compelling travel of the tips of:

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