A printable summary of key concepts, connectives, valid argument forms, formal and informal fallacies, and a five step method for any argument.
How the words not, and, and or combine simple statements into compound ones that can be tested for truth.
How conditional statements work, what makes them true or false, and how to spot their hidden logical cousins.
Learn how to build and read truth tables for the four main logical connectives, use them to test arguments for validity, and recognise tautologies and contradictions.
Learn four classic argument patterns that guarantee a valid conclusion whenever their premises are true.
Learn the three most common formal fallacies, understand why they fool us, and use the valid forms as a reliable test.
How statements about all, some and no things fit together to form valid or invalid categorical arguments.