◆出版一百周年，改变了当代哲学方向的一部重要著作。
◆二十世纪重要的哲学家维特根斯坦在世时正式出版的一本哲学著作。
◆本书由七大命题组成,每一个命题都由好几个次级命题组成，严肃而优美。
◆维特根斯坦用命题标注法勾勒出了大大小小的路径，好象指出了一条条清晰的道路。但是这些路径又彼此缠绕，有的似乎相互矛盾，把挑战者置于进退维谷的境地。
◆中山大学哲学系教授黄敏倾情翻译，万字导读，让读者更容易理解维特根斯坦的个人以及哲学世界。
《逻辑哲学论》是维特根斯坦的主要著作，也是逻辑实证主义的早期重要著作。在早期分析哲学运动中被奉为经典。作者从“世界时一切发生的事情”到“对于不可说的，人们必须报以沉默”的论述，都成功地为世界划定了一个界限。书中所提到的“原子事实”、“事态”、“对象”等概念以及这些概念的确切含义以及它们之间的关系，大半个世纪以来一直就该书研究者悉心探讨的问题。维特根斯坦在这本书中否定因果律，断言逻辑和数学的命题都是重言性质的，所有哲学史上争论的问题都是无意义的，哲学的任务只是对语言进行逻辑分析，即日常语言的明确化。

大约两千五百年前，苏格拉底创建了一套方法，通过一系列探问，也就是后世所说的“苏格拉底方法”，来获取问题的答案，并对这些答案进行推断。通过这种方式，他就可以找出各种复杂现象背后的关键问题，揭开很多貌似有理实则荒谬的说法背后的真相。这套方法就是后来我们所说的“逻辑推理”
本质上来说，逻辑推理是一个“收集信息、评估信息的过程”。要想做出正确的决定，我们首先要占有充分的信息，而要想占有充分的信息，首先需要提出正确的问题。所以那些擅长逻辑推理的人，往往也比较善于提问，搜集相关信息，并用“正确的”方式 对这些信息进行评估。最重要的是，他们可以在不受他人干扰的情况下独立完成这一过程。
本书的目的，就是为读者提炼出一套最有用、最完整的逻辑推理概念，帮助读者在学习和现实生活中更好地理清思路，解决问题。

本书并不是要教你如何用逻辑技巧去驳倒他人，而是教大家如何利用逻辑理性地认识身边的人和事，有效沟通，化解分歧，达成一致，从而解决问题。
本书共分三部分内容。第一部分介绍如何使用逻辑，并从身边生活的实例入手，展示如何运用逻辑，理性思考。第二部分论证逻辑也有自身的局限性，我们不应该超越逻辑的极限来使用它。第三部分阐明了逻辑和情感的互补关系。逻辑令我们观点缜密，而情感使这些观点具有说服力。我们应该用情感支撑逻辑，用逻辑理解情感，同时发挥两者的优势，我们才能清晰思考，有效沟通，更容易理解彼此，化解分歧，真正解决问题。
我们应该如何认知这个世界？如何与他人相处？该如何决策？作者郑乐隽以数学家的睿智敏锐，剖析减肥、歧视、性骚扰、社会福利、特权、虚假新闻等事例，向我们展示了逻辑的力量，教我们懂逻辑，有效地运用逻辑，更好地应对这个复杂的现代世界。

From Publishers Weekly
"In logic, as in life, it is the obvious that most often bears emphasizing, because it so easily escapes our notice," McInerny argues in this pithy guide to applying logical thinking to everyday life. Modeled after Strunk and White’s indispensable handbook, The Elements of Style, McInerny’s primer offers valuable counsel on making a clear and effective point. He calls attention to the tremendous importance that language holds in the crafting and presentation of an argument, advising readers to "make your words as precise and sharply focused as possible" and to keep arguments, or at least their essential purpose, simple. Readers need not have a background in philosophy to follow McInerny’s remarkably comprehensible explanation of the methods used to construct a valid case, including the syllogistic argument, the conjunctive and disjunctive arguments and the conditional argument. The author also dedicates considerable discussion to the sources and the principal forms of illogical thinking, from such common ruses as begging the question and using tears as a diversionary tactic to the more ethically questionable ad hominem strategy, in which a person ignores an argument and attacks his opponent’s character instead. McInerny recommends that people hone their logical thinking skills by using them in real life situations, but perhaps one of the best ways his audience can learn to clearly express their views is by examining the crisp, articulate writing in this slender but richly informative guide.
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From Booklist
"Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man. Minor Premise: One man can dig a posthole in sixty seconds; therefore-Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a post-hole in one second." Ambrose Bierce's satire on the syllogism belongs to one of many species of specious reasoning that college professor McInerny takes to task in this precis on logic. Remarking that logic is rarely taught "as such" in American education, he presents this makeup course consciously modeled on Strunk and White's Elements of Style (1959). In concise language, McInerny's guide distributes the elements of logic among short, admonitory headings, such as "Avoid Vague and Ambiguous Language." McInerny also provides definitions of the tools of logic and their application in arriving at truth. Inculcating this noble and, in principle, attainable aim, McInerny's explanatory outline of sound thinking will be eminently beneficial to expository writers, debaters, and public speakers. Gilbert Taylor
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