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The Logician website makes available for study, free of charge, the full texts of the following published books by Avi Sion (that is over 400 web pages, or some 1800 letter-sized pages):

FUTURE LOGIC - Categorical and Conditional Deduction and Induction of the Natural, Temporal, Extensional, and Logical Modalities (1990; rev. ed. 1996).

JUDAIC LOGIC - A Formal Analysis of Biblical, Talmudic and Rabbinic Logic (1995; Slatkine ed. 1997).

THE LOGIC OF CAUSATION - Definition, Deduction and Induction of Causation (1999; 2003).

Avi Sion, Ph.D. (Philosophy)

LOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS (2008). This comprises six shorter works, namely: Hume's Problems with Induction, A Short Critique of Kant's Unreason, In Defense of Aristotle's Laws of Thought, More Meditations, Zen Judaism and No to Sodom.

and OTHER WRITINGS - currently including Addenda to the Reflections and Logic in Defense of Zionism.

The Logician now has a secure online BOOKSHOP, where paperback editions of all these books, and publications derived from them, can be purchased. Do visit it! Many people, including me, find it easier to study from a paper book than reading on a computer screen. For the more technical topics, it would seem to me essential. If you would like a hardcopy book and cannot afford it (perhaps because you live in Europe or Asia and shipping charges from the U.S. seem too high), ask your local public or university library to order a copy at this address: http:/stores.lulu.com/thelogicianbooks or give them a copy of the The Logician Bookshop Catalogue.

Study recommendations: These are large and complicated treatises, which attempt to answer certain ages-old philosophical questions in novel ways. They each took several years - thousands of hours - to develop and write, as their subject matters demanded; so do not expect to absorb them in a few minutes by reading a sentence here and a chapter there. They cannot be skimmed over casually, but require dedicated, attentive study over a long period of time. The most important chapters are not placed first or highlighted, but each subject is developed gradually and sequentially so that an intent student is sure to understand and profit.

Note that each book has an Abstract and a Table of Contents – look through these first, to get an overall picture. To gather momentum, read at least one chapter a week; but, to give yourself time to reflect, do not read more than one chapter a day. Always read the footnotes, they are intended as integral parts of the text. To navigate, use the buttons at the top (to choose a book), on the left (to choose a part or chapter) and at the bottom (to go to the next or previous chapter within a part), and of course your browser's back and forward arrows (to return to previously seen web pages). You can also use the General Sitemap.

Good reading! If you have the courage and you persevere, you will surely find it well worth the effort. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step"...

Note: machine-made TRANSLATIONS of The Logician texts into a score of languages are now available. These are of very poor quality, but may be useful to some people.

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