The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
暫譯: 在不合邏輯的世界中邏輯的藝術

Cheng, Eugenia

  • 出版商: Basic Books
  • 出版日期: 2018-09-11
  • 售價: $1,180
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,121
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 320
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 1541672488
  • ISBN-13: 9781541672482
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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 readers 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 book, 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 book is for anyone who wants to think more clearly.


商品描述(中文翻譯)

邏輯與情感推理如何幫助我們在後真相的世界中過得更好

在一個假新聞故事改變選舉結果的世界裡,理性是否變得毫無意義?在《非理性世界中的邏輯藝術》中,尤金妮亞·程(Eugenia Cheng)向在當代生活的非理性中掙扎的讀者伸出援手。程是一位數學家,因此她知道如何提出無懈可擊的論證。但即使對她來說,邏輯有時也會受到情感的影響,這就是為什麼她仍然害怕飛行,並且吃了比應該多的餅乾。如果一位數學家都無法保持邏輯,那我們該怎麼辦?在這本書中,程揭示了邏輯的內部運作和局限性,並解釋了為什麼非邏輯(例如情感)對我們的思考和溝通至關重要。程向我們展示了如何將邏輯和非邏輯結合起來,以應對充斥著偏見、男性主義和操控性迷因的世界。這本必讀書籍洞察深刻、有用且幽默,適合任何想要更清晰思考的人。


作者簡介

Eugenia Cheng is the scientist in residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Sheffield. The author of How to Bake Pi and Beyond Infinity, she lives in Chicago, Illinois.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

尤金妮亞·程是芝加哥藝術學院的駐校科學家,也是謝菲爾德大學的名譽研究員。她是如何烘焙圓周率超越無限的作者,現居於伊利諾伊州的芝加哥。