An Introduction to Formal Logic

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Course Description

Overview

<p>Logic is the key to philosophy, mathematics, and science. Learn logic from an award-winning professor of philosophy.</p>

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: Why Study Logic?
02: Introduction to Logical Concepts
03: Informal Logic and Fallacies
04: Fallacies of Faulty Authority
05: Fallacies of Cause and Effect
06: Fallacies of Irrelevance
07: Inductive Reasoning
08: Induction in Polls and Science
09: Introduction to Formal Logic
10: Truth-Functional Logic
11: Truth Tables
12: Truth Tables and Validity
13: Natural Deduction
14: Logical Proofs with Equivalences
15: Conditional and Indirect Proofs
16: First-Order Predicate Logic
17: Validity in First-Order Predicate Logic
18: Demonstrating Invalidity
19: Relational Logic
20: Introducing Logical Identity
21: Logic and Mathematics
22: Proof and Paradox
23: Modal Logic
24: Three-Valued and Fuzzy Logic

Taught by

Steven Gimbel

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