Picture Logic book cover
Philosophy · First published 1875; selected fifth edition, 1887 · English

Picture Logic

by Alfred James Swinburne

About this book

Alfred James Swinburne introduces the principles of reasoning through humorous illustrations and examples drawn from everyday life. A fictional college student’s encounters with logic give the explanations a conversational setting.

The book proceeds from terms and propositions to inference, syllogisms, probable reasoning and fallacies. Pictures turn abstract relationships into memorable visual examples. This complete 1887 fifth edition of a work first published in 1875 preserves the author’s illustrations and G. Pearson’s wood engravings.