Symbolic Logic

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1. Joker_vDJun 2023
   To quote from Carroll's "Symbolic Logic":

       He will reply "Why, it's perfectly correct, of course! And if your precious Logic-book tells you it *isn't*, don't believe it! You don't mean to tell me those tourists *need* to run? If I were one of them, and knew the Premisses to be true, I should be *quite* clear that I *needn't* run — and I *should walk*!"
   
       And you will reply "But suppose there was a mad bull behind you?"
   
       And then your innocent friend will say "Hum! Ha! I must think that over a bit!"
   
       You may then explain to him, as a convenient *test* of the soundness of a Syllogism, that, if circumstances can be invented which, without interfering with the truth of the Premisses, would make the Conclusion false, the Syllogism *must* be unsound.

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2. matthewwieseApr 2018
   A few immediately come to mind:

   - Garner's Modern American Usage

   - The Hardware Hacker (I am a huge fan of bunnie)

   - The Art of Electronics (Horowitz and Hill)

   I don't really have "reference" books on my desk. Most rotate out quite frequently depending on what I'm researching and writing about. These can range from Raizman's History of Modern Design to Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic.

   In addition I make plenty use of thesauruses. I have a few old ratty copies but mostly do a quick flit over my keyboard to pull up synonyms. When a word is on the tip of your tongue, looking up another that you know is related to it in a thesaurus is the best way to efficiently jog your memory.

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