The short version
Wilfrid Hodges' accessible introduction to formal logic for beginners.
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Logic: An Introduction to Elementary Logic
Wilfrid Hodges' accessible introduction to formal logic for beginners.
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First seen:2026-09-13
Last seen:2026-09-13
Times seen:1
Website:penguin.co.uk
Why it caught our attention
A commenter highly recommended it for laypeople starting from the beginning.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-09-13
“I highly recommend the following two books to study Logic from the beginning (for a layman); Logic: An Introduction to Elementary Logic by Wilfrid Hodges.”
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