Thought₂Talk

THOUGHT₂TALK
— A Crash Course in Reflection and Expression
Vincent F. Hendricks
New York: Automatic Press / VIP, July 2006
ISBN 8799101378

Abstract | Table  of Contents | Cover

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THOUGHT₂TALK was just released in Italian:
Pensare par parlare, 2007, [ISBN 978-87-92130-04-4], New York / London: Automatic Press

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This is just the sort of cultural activity that our profession needs to undertake much more!
– Johan van Benthem, Professor, University of Amsterdam, NL and Stanford University, USA

Apart from the tone, the jokes and the pace, I think that what sets  Thought2Talk in a class of its own is the way logic is introduced. Starting with distinctions among types of statements and their truth-conditions makes logic more approachable.
– Michel Paquette, Professor, University of Montreal, Canada

Finally something new in philosophy: A bold, powerful and systematic method for introducing students to the best current techniques in the discipline. At once ground-breaking and foundational, it replaces the tired old introduction with a beautifully realized and brilliantly executed delivery. Hendricks is a genius at integrating philosophy with the sciences and this wonderful little book should go a long way to restoring primacy of philosophy in the knowledge-seeking enterprise. Bravo!
– Daniel Kolak, Professor, William Paterson University of New Jersey, USA

Thought₂Talk is funny, lucid and enlightening. It teaches basic logic using comical and actual quotes – and sharply warns against fallacies found every day in the media stream. Either you buy this bookimmediately OR you are a damned fool – or you should learn about the ad hominem fallacy.
– Frederik Stjernfelt, Professor, Learning Lab Denmark

Very nice, and very useful!
– Achille Varzi, Professor, Columbia University

ABSTRACT

Thought2Talk is a crash course on argument, reasoning and logical method honoring the Swedish poet and Bishop of Lund, Esaias Tegnér, who once said:

The words and thoughts of men are born together: To speak obscurely is to think obscurely.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Preface
Acknowledgements
Statements
Arguments
Validities
Fallacies
Modalities
Demonstration
Further Reading
About the Author
Index

COVER