Bücher von Evert Willem Beth

A few days before his death my husband requested me to write a few words of thanks on the publication of this collection of articles. BETH-PASTOOR IX PREFACE In this republication of a number of philosophical studies I have refrained from including articles of a specialized nature on symbolic logic and the methodology of the exact sciences.

Many philosophers have considered logical reasoning as an inborn ability of mankind and as a distinctive feature in the human mind; others are at least able to follow a logical argument and even to detect logical fallacies.