Owl
desert pelican
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First, I'd recommend avoiding "Critical Reasoning" texts like the plague. They teach baby logic, and I don't know of one that's worth the paper it's printed on. If you want to reason like an adult, then read a book the subject of which is the way adults reason.
Lewis Carrol is awesome! I've not read much of his work on logic, but the wee bit I have has been great--if a wee bit convoluted, but that's part of what makes him great.
I'd recommend Irving Copi's intro to logic. His informal logic is also supposed to be very good, but I'm not familiar with it.
I'd also recommend Benson Mate's Elementary Logic.
Ted Sider's Logic for Philosophy is excellent. That's where I'd start, but if you don't have any formal training in logic, it ought to be read in tandem with an introductory text to logic to supplement the parts you don't understand.
Lewis Carrol is awesome! I've not read much of his work on logic, but the wee bit I have has been great--if a wee bit convoluted, but that's part of what makes him great.
I'd recommend Irving Copi's intro to logic. His informal logic is also supposed to be very good, but I'm not familiar with it.
I'd also recommend Benson Mate's Elementary Logic.
Ted Sider's Logic for Philosophy is excellent. That's where I'd start, but if you don't have any formal training in logic, it ought to be read in tandem with an introductory text to logic to supplement the parts you don't understand.