How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in
our post-truth world
In a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has
rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World,
Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to readers drowning in the illogic of
contemporary life. Cheng is a mathematician, so she knows how to make an
airtight argument. But even for her, logic sometimes falls prey to
emotion, which is why she still fears flying and eats more cookies than
she should. If a mathematician can't be logical, what are we to do? In
this book, Cheng reveals the inner workings and limitations of logic,
and explains why alogic -- for example, emotion -- is vital to how we
think and communicate. Cheng shows us how to use logic and alogic
together to navigate a world awash in bigotry, mansplaining, and
manipulative memes. Insightful, useful, and funny, this essential book
is for anyone who wants to think more clearly.