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The following are selected web pages in The Logician, that the casual reader may find interesting.
From FUTURE LOGIC
| The "Laws of Thought" | Reasoning about change | Introduction to inductive logic |
From PHENOMENOLOGY
| Phenomenology illustrated | Introduction to phenomenology | Understanding the self |
From JUDAIC LOGIC
| The Torah teaches adduction | Le raisonnement talmudique | Islamic interpretative rules |
From BUDDHIST ILLOGIC
| Fallacies Nagarjuna relies on | Reality and illusion | Co-dependence |
From THE LOGIC OF CAUSATION
| J. S. Mill's methods (new) | Strong and weak causations | Highlights of findings in Phase I |
From VOLITION AND ALLIED CAUSAL CONCEPTS
| Volition in the midst of causation | Will may be influenced yet free | The formal logic of Evolution |
From RUMINATIONS
| Paradoxical logic | Merging & splitting hypotheticals | Inferring causes by analogy |
From MEDITATIONS
| What is meditation? | Practice non-attachment | Observe the mechanisms of thought |
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