Logic in Practice

by L. Susan Stebbing

Originally published in 1934. This fourth edition originally published 1954., revised by C. W. K. Mundle.

It must be the desire of every reasonable person to know how to justify a contention which is of sufficient importance to be seriously questioned. The explicit formulation of the principles of sound reasoning is the concern of Logic.

This book discusses the habit of sound reasoning which is acquired by consciously attending to the logical principles of sound reasoning, in order to apply them to test the soundness of arguments. It isn't an introduction to logic but it encourages the practice of logic, of deciding whether reasons in argument are sound or unsound. Stress is laid upon the importance of considering language, which is a key instrument of our thinking and is imperfect.

Genres: Philosophy

77 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1934

About the author

L. (Lizzie) Susan Stebbing was a British philosopher of the 1930s generation of analytic philosophy.

Works
* Pragmatism and French Voluntarism (1914)
* A Modern Introduction to Logic (1930)
* Logical Positivism and Analysis (1933)
* Logic in Practice (1934)
* Imagination and Thinking (1936) with C. Day Lewis
* Thinking to Some Purpose (1939)
* Philosophy and the Physicists (1937)
* Ideals and Illusions (1941)
* A Modern Elementary Logic (1943)

Many works are out of print and copyright and are therefore available on many free e-book sites, such as: http://www.archive.org/