Description
Logic investigates the inference from reasons, or premises, to conclusion. This course focuses on deductive logic. In a deductive argument, the conclusion is supposed to be a consequence of, or follow from, the premises. If the conclusion does follow from the premises, the argument is valid. Validity depends on the structure of the argument. Logic and validity matter since we want to distinguish good from bad argument forms. We will learn to translate between our formal symbolic system and natural language and learn two independent ways of assessing the validity of arguments.