This book argues that a basic grasp of philosophy and logic can produce written and spoken material that is both grammatically correct and powerful. Each chapter addresses how common words and long-established grammatical rules are often misused or ignored altogether – including such common words as ‘interesting’, ‘possible’, and ‘apparent’.
Bruce Silver is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, USA.
Chapter 1. Is 'Interesting' Interesting?.- Chapter 2. Possible Worlds, Possible Showers and Apparent Suicides.- Chapter 3. Comparisons that go Wrong.- Chapter 4. An Interlude: We All Die but None of Us is Dead.- Chapter 5. Tautologies and Illogical Questions.- Chapter 6. The Implausible and the Impossible.- Chapter 7. Simplicity, Economy and Intensity.