For a quick nuts-and-bolts overview of logic, there's no book that does it better
Pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused, "Schaum's Easy Outline of Logic" is perfect for anyone turned off by dense text. Cartoons, sidebars, icons, and other graphic pointers get the material across fast, and concise text focuses on the essence of logic. This is the ideal book for last-minute test preparation.
For a quick nuts-and-bolts overview of logic, there's no book that does it better
Pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused, "Schaum's Easy Ou...
Cherokees called the magnificent mountain range in eastern Tennessee "land ofthe blue mist," which European settlers later changed to "Smoky Mountains."Today, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of SouthernAppalachia's leading tourist attractions. But that fabled blue mist isn't so blue-- orhealthy-- any longer. Particularly in the summer months, the "smoke" of the Smokies isa haze of sulfate particles and other pollutants released by coal-burning power plants, amixture more likely to create dangerous ozone levels for visiting tourists than the invigorating "mountain air" so many...
Cherokees called the magnificent mountain range in eastern Tennessee "land ofthe blue mist," which European settlers later changed to "Smoky Mountains...
Broad in scope, this introduction to environmental ethics considers both contemporary issues and the extent of humanity's responsibility for distant future life. John Nolt, a logician and environmental ethicist, interweaves contemporary science, logical analysis, and ethical theory into the story of the expansion of ethics beyond the human species and into the far future. Informed by contemporary environmental science, the book deduces concrete policy recommendations from carefully justified ethical principles and ends with speculations concerning the deepest problems of environmental ethics....
Broad in scope, this introduction to environmental ethics considers both contemporary issues and the extent of humanity's responsibility for distant f...