I've taught applied logic at the university level for over 25 years. Feldman's book is the best text on "informal" logic. If I had my way, every student would be required to work through REASON AND ARGUMENT, either late in high school or early in college.

I will not say much about this book because you must read it to understand the content and the significance of this rare book. The older title of this book was called "In pursuit of truth." This book is beautiful in every aspect. 1. Lets you unfold the truth in the world. 2. Provides best exercises to become argumentative and rational person. 3. It gives you logical reference to "What is logic? What is true? What is objective truth?" There are so many wonderful aspects about this book, I can't list them all. I guarantee that when you finish this book, you will be good at anything you do: computer science, logistics, linguistic, literature, philosophy...etc. I will say no more. Beautiful!

If you want to develop or improve your skills at identifying and evaluating arguments and reasoning (and you do, don't you?), this is the book for you. Like no other text on critical thinking or informal logic, its clear, simple, precise and no-nonsense approach will help you become a clear and precise thinker. Get a [used & cheap!] copy, study it, master it, and you will soon be able to see through much of the BS that is offered for and against all sorts of views, claims, beliefs, and policies. On the positive side, you will learn what kinds of reasons would be good reasons to support various views and learn to rationally critique and defend your own beliefs and the reasons why you hold them. Invest in your mind by investing in this book!

Extremely clear, and easy to understand. It is the best introductiory book on stochastic processes for non-mathematics major. After you read this book ( one month is enough, how amazing it is!), it becomes easier to read "the first course in stochastic processes". The book focuses on the concept and intuition, instead of proof, and I find it is extremely useful for me -- CS major.

Strong recommend this great book

I randomly ran across this book in my math library trying to find an extra book to help with the difficult Stochastics Process class I was taking. Little did I know I would find a book I value as much as Douglas Kelly's Introduction to Probability. This book has applied problems and examples! It is not the dry, endless pages of confusing equations we have come to expect from Stochastics Processes books. There is something better out there! This book saved me as an undergraduate, and am now looking forward to it living up to my God like expecations as a post grad. If you are a professor, please use this book for you students. It ties together and lets you appreciate many fields such as linear analysis and even graph theory from computer science. This book will not disappoint.

There was a lacuna in the field of gastroenterology but with the introduction of this masterpiece, that gap too has been filled. Amazing insight and utmost simplicity of presentation has made this a prized posession, at least in my collection and I hope that it will be so for many many people across the globe.