Symbolic Logic
by Lewis Carroll · first published 1894
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…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…
on “Ask HN: What books do you keep on your desk?” ↗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…
on “When First Principles Thinking Fails” ↗