Principles of Logic

by George Hayward Joyce

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Genres: Logic, Philosophy

450 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Dolphin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I haven't finished it all, but nearly. I started out thinking it was a great book, but it glosses over things, I mean mentions them almost in passing, or without the required depth for me to really grasp them. A good example is of the idea of intention, first intention & second intention and all that, which is fairly simple, once ya get it, but really integral to getting a good distinction between logic & metaphysics. Unfortunately George Hayward Joyce doesn't give a good enough definition of this so it's left somewhat half-made in your mind, which is never good. At least it was in mine.

Unfortunately for me this book has been completely overshadowed by Peter Coffey's Science of Logic which, as far as I can tell, goes into greater depth on every subject contained in this book.

But, saying that, it is still good, though confusing because of what is left out. It's Scholastic, so you are getting truth and rigour, just not enough rigour.

You can call it a jump book, like many other books, because it gives you a taste of what you need to jump to other books to get a better bite of. That is good, but not great.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Book. Hard to grasp at times, and consequently I needed to read it slowly in order to retain what was being taught. All in all a very good intro to logic as it was taught and understood by those who understood it best.