
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
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Narrated by:
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Moira Quirk
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By:
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Eugenia Cheng
How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth world
In a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to listeners drowning in the illogic of contemporary life.
Cheng is a mathematician, so she knows how to make an airtight argument. But even for her, logic sometimes falls prey to emotion, which is why she still fears flying and eats more cookies than she should. If a mathematician can't be logical, what are we to do?
In this audiobook, Cheng reveals the inner workings and limitations of logic and explains why alogic - for example, emotion - is vital to how we think and communicate. Cheng shows us how to use logic and alogic together to navigate a world awash in bigotry, mansplaining, and manipulative memes.
Insightful, useful, and funny, this essential audiobook is for anyone who wants to think more clearly.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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Critic reviews
"It's a shame that not everyone can read this book, but Cheng claims it is incumbent on those of us who can to use compassion and logic to argue productively with those who can't. In this way, advanced mathematics could make a meaningful contribution to creating a better society as well as happier conversations and relationships. There is a sense in which this book is proof it can." (Guardian)
"Following in the tradition of George Boole, Lewis Carroll and John Venn, who provided algebraic or diagrammatic aids to logical calculation, Eugenia Cheng enhances her reputation as a popular mathematics writer with this perceptive analysis of logic and its limitations." (Times Higher Education)
"This book is empowering! Eugenia Cheng makes logic alive and relevant with prose that is accessible, clear and engaging. In this masterpiece, you will learn how the power of logic can clarify some of the most pressing issues that confront us, as individuals and a society." (Stephon Alexander, author of The Jazz of Physics and professor of physics, Brown University)
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She touches on logic, fuzzy logic, infinity, set theory, complex systems, axioms, and more. All the while explaining how to see and understand a perspective you may not agree with. Our political debates would be much more productive and less divisive if everyone applied this advice.
Fun, informative, and thought provoking
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Excellent and clear
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Great breakdown of Reality/Reasoning
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helpful to understand my computer science class
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how to use logic and emotion together
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Challenging and worthwhile
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I'm an engineer and wanted to learn about math and logic, not be the sounding board for her eating disorder.
TW Disordered Eating
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Not one of the good ones
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To me none of of this book covered new material. Logicians and other philosophers have said everything she has already with more depth.
Moira Quirk was pleasant to listen to. But she did not pronounce some math concepts properly.
90% identity politics, 10% classical logic
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Grinding an axe . Not Math . Hell hath no fury ...
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