Logic

Catalog description

Logic is the study of the conditions of good reasoning and clear communication. Logic is an indispensable tool for an indispensable feature of human life: entertaining, assessing and crafting arguments. This course is designed to equip students with some basic skills in distinguishing good arguments from bad ones by introducing them to formal systems of logic and rules of reasoning. The goals of this course focus on reaching proficiency in particular skills in deductive and inductive logic, largely through practicing their application. The skills cultivated in this class have a broad relevance to critical thinking generally, and so students will leave this course with preparation to extend principles of critical thinking into many domains, both academic and not. 001322