This classic text on logic provides a comprehensive introduction to reasoning and argumentation. W. E. Johnson's clear and concise prose makes even the most complex concepts easy to understand, and his examples and exercises help readers master the material.
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2. "It implies an eventual sunset date, since with every succeeding generation of beneficiaries Johnson’s logic becomes less compelling." This formulation doesn't account for the possibility of backlash and retrogression, which has also been a feature of our history.
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If humans lived by Ron Johnson’s logic, and we didn’t try to create anything that was “better” than how God designed us, we wouldn’t ever take any medicines. Also, we wouldn’t wear shoes. https://t.co/wfZfHCzx5h
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Earlier this year, in a special issue of the Journal of Applied Logics, edited by Dov Gabbay, there appeared a Book Symposium on John Woods's "Truth in Fiction: Rethinking its Logic", published in the Synthese Library in 2018.