bill mayblin
Linguistics: A Graphic Guide
Language, it is widely understood, both sets us apart from our fellow creatures and identifies us as uniquely human.
We use language to establish and maintain group membership, to express our emotions, to amuse ourselves and to entertain others, to convey information serious and trivial and exist in a world populated by others. Linguistics is the discipline which studies the structure and functions of both individual languages and the phenomena of language itself.
In spite of early efforts by ancient and medieval scholars, most of our progress in understanding language has come only within the last century, and much of...
Logic: A Graphic Guide
The next sentence is false.
The last sentence is true.
Where’s the logic in that?
Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together our systems of philosophy, science and law. And logic is all around us in our everyday lives, from the languages we speak to the most fundamental workings of our mobile phones. It can even tell us about how a soap opera is constructed.
Introducing Logic is a cleverly illustrated graphic guide to this fascinating area, which cuts across philosophy, science and much more. From ‘fuzzy’ logic to the liar paradox, the book features ideas...