Logic and Its Limits

Logic and its Limits offers a common-sense introduction to the use of logic in everyday thought and argument. It examines the nature of good and bad arguments, drawing illustrations from a variety of up-to-date sources such as the press, radio, and television. Symbols and technicalities are kept to a minimum in this thorough and provocative investigation of the rational approach to thought (and its limitations). The book will help the reader to avoid bad arguments, to detect them in others, and so to think and argue more effectively.

A wide range of thought-provoking examples and exercises concerned with contemporary social and political issues make this a readable and stimulating guide for the student and general reader alike.