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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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