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Socratic Logic 3e: A Logic Text Using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions, and Aristotelian Principles | 
 enlarge | Author: Peter Kreeft
Publisher: St. Augustines Press
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 122940
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 410
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 1587318059
Dewey Decimal Number: 160
EAN: 9781587318054
ASIN: 1587318059
Publication Date: August 29, 2008
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This Book Delivers What It Promises October 17, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased and read this Book with the intention of passing it to my thirteen year old Son. I chose this book because I know the author and agree with the points he made in the preface.
"Once upon a time in Middle earth, two things were different(1) most students learned "old Logic" and (2) they could think, read, write, organize, and argue better than they can today."
The author is Peter Kreeft, a philosophy professor, writer and renowned apologist whose smooth, experienced, writing style flows over the pages punctuated only by his sense of humor. In the introduction, Kreeft explains his intended goals and why this book is different, and he delivers on his promises. For example his chapter on material fallacies is indeed comprehensive and suffers from no "oversimplification".
The book is organized with versatility in mind and can be used by a teacher, a self-learner and a budding philosophy student. The chapters, and the material within them, are well organized with adequate repetition of important concepts. The author's clear and methodical approach is representative of his mastery of the subject and his clean thought processes.
There are simple exercises in the book with thirty pages of even-numbered answers. The point of studying Aristotelian Logic is to apply the concepts to everyday life. Life is where you find the exercises of Aristotelian Logic and the reason to study it. There's no better teacher than the one found here. If I were to complain about any aspect of the book, it would be the near non-existent index.
Lastly, my thirteen year old son has started the book and is enjoying the content and the humor. He admittedly needs assistance with the philosophical (P) sections, but hey, He's thirteen.
So, Who's the target audience of this book? Anyone who wishes to think, speak and write in a coherent, comprehensive manner.
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