Finding websites and books on first principles?
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Finding websites and books on first principles?
I was wondering, do any of you guys has any websites or books to recommend when it comes to first principles?
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Re: Finding websites and books on first principles?
First principles of what?ray245 wrote:I was wondering, do any of you guys has any websites or books to recommend when it comes to first principles?
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Re: Finding websites and books on first principles?
I'm looking for first principles of philosophy or logic in general, Given the fact that I still suck in logical reasoning.Darth Wong wrote:First principles of what?ray245 wrote:I was wondering, do any of you guys has any websites or books to recommend when it comes to first principles?
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Re: Finding websites and books on first principles?
Pick up a discrete math textbook. It will certainly have several chapters on propositional and predicate logic. Work through those, do the problems, and you'll have a good foundation for logical reasoning.
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