Reconsidering the Logic of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"

Abstract

This article reviews "Analyzing the Logic of Sun Tzu in ‘The Art of War', Using Mind Maps" by Peter van Emde Boas, Ghica van Emde Boas, Xie Kaibo, and Zhao Bonan. The book focuses on the use of mind maps to analyze the logical structure within "The Art of War". In contrast to many overseas studies that primarily focus on the military theories within "The Art of War", this work innovatively explores its logical thinking. From a perspective of logic, this book analyzes the argumentative structure of "The Art of War" and makes it more accessible to the Western world. Of course, if this work could further explore the rules of argumentation within "The Art of War", it would be even more gratifying.