Sometimes at work, we all get together and talk about what we need to do to make things better. It turns into a complaint session though, and not much is done. Sound like your job too? The problem most of time is people fail to look at the problems in a controlled scientific way. There…
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You have heard many different references to logic in terms of jokes or quotes. This is used in most intellectual activities, but when studied, you will see it used in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science. Logic is the study of reasoning and examines the basic forms that an argument may take. There…
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When you set out to take a logic course, there are a few practical things that you have to bear in mind before you enroll. For starters, you have to be sure that you really understand what a logic course is. Moving on, you have to be sure that you fully understand what to look…
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When you think of classes that are fun to take, it is probably fair to say that logic is very, very far away from your mind. Indeed, when most people think of logic, they think of math. And in a very important sense, this is an accurate comparison to make. The rules of math and…
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Reader, there’s something that you should know about getting a degree in philosophy: you are, at some point, going to have to grapple with the complexities of logic textbooks . Indeed, no matter where you are getting your philosophy degree; no matter what focus you have chosen for your philosophy degree—you are, at some point,…
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