Introduction to Logic

Introduction to Logic

A short logic course in three parts: the foundations of reasoning, the tools of logic and logic in the real world

18 lessons
7-9 hours

Course Levels

1

Part 1

Foundations of Reasoning - 6 lessons

Statements, premises and conclusions, hidden premises, deduction and induction, validity, soundness, strength and cogency

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2

Part 2

The Tools of Logic - 6 lessons

Connectives, conditionals, truth tables, valid argument forms, formal fallacies and categorical logic

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3

Part 3

Logic in the Real World - 6 lessons

Fallacies of relevance, presumption and ambiguity, analogy, generalisation, causal reasoning, probability and evidence

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