As an academic discipline, logic is the study of reasoning. Logic puzzles, therefore, involve making a series of inferences and assessing them using reasoning. Easier logic puzzles for kids tend to ...

We are hardly ever consciously aware that we use logic to solve everyday problems. But what is logic? Is the logic used to prove theorems in mathematics the same kind that we use for our practical ...

It’s that strange time of year, the lull between Christmas and New Year, when you’re not really celebrating but not really working either. So, how about you wrap your brain around the world’s hardest ...

The twentieth-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote that: “Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.” These words bring out the crux of the problem ...

Jacobs is a journalist and author whose books include Drop Dead Healthy, The Year of Living Biblically, and The Puzzler. He is host of the podcast The Puzzler, and his latest book is THE YEAR OF ...

You and a fellow traveler have been imprisoned by a mad king with an unaccountable penchant for logic puzzles (as mad kings do). Can the two of you solve his riddle and escape with your lives—more ...