level 9
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This course introduces viewers to an introduction to formal symbolic logic. We cover the basics of argumentation, categorical logic, propositional logic, propositional proofs (natural deduction), and predicate logic.Philosopher John Locke once wrote that "logic is the anatomy of thought." This course follows along that vein of thought in that this course will teach students to analyze and evaluate arguments using the formal techniques of modern symbolic logic.
In our everyday lives, we are confronted with an enormous amount of challenges that require an acute ability to quickly interpret, evaluate, and synthesize information and arguments.
Whether watching television, reading the political punditry of a local newspaper, listening to the well intentioned ideas of a family member, or by being presented with a series of radical ideas by a professor - people everywhere are vying for your opinion and consent and they do so through argumentation.
Some of the arguments we are presented with in life are strong, others are weak, and many are flatly false. The aim of this course is to give students the tool set necessary for diagnosing what is and is not trustworthy within the terrain of reasonable thought.
Like a physician trained in the art of human anatomy, the logician holds the confidence and ability to break apart arguments and peer beneath the ruse of rhetorical device in search of truth.
This course sets students upon a path of finely honed critical skills essential for life in the modern world.
