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essay-writing in philosophy. It is now presented to you as a handbook for students on the basics of philosophical writing. As supervisors ourselves, the four of us began the project out of a desire to offer extra assistance to broader audience of students experiencing difficulty with their essay-writing skills.
If you tried to figure out what philosophical logic was by looking in the literature, you might easily become confused. John Burgesscharacterizes philosophical logic as a branch of formal logic: “Philosophical logic as understood here is the part of logic dealing with what classical logic leaves out, or allegedly gets wrong” (Burgess
28 Φεβ 2021 · This is a crisp, clear, and concise introduction to first-order classical logic, suitable for undergraduate students in philosophy, linguistics, and allied fields. It contains a minimum of jargon, and what jargon there is, is explained in an accessible way.
24 Σεπ 2023 · 1. What is Logic? 2. Evaluating Arguments. 3. Formal Logic in Philosophy. 4. Informal Fallacies. 5. Necessary and Sufficient Conditions. Ancillary Material. Submit ancillary resource. About the Book. Introduction to Philosophy: Logic provides students with the concepts and skills necessary to identify and evaluate arguments effectively.
Logic deals more directly with the structure of arguments. When we examine the logic of arguments, we are interested in whether the arguments have the right architecture, whether the evidence provided is the right sort of evidence to support the conclusion drawn.
A logic is just a set of rules and techniques for distinguishing good reasoning from bad. A logic must formulate precise standards for evaluating reasoning and develop methods for applying those standards to particular instances. Basic Notions
An Introduction to Formal Logic was originally published by Cambridge University Press (1st edition 2003; 2nd edition 2020). It began life as lecture notes for a course for first-year philosophers which I taught for many years.
