Logic 20I - Informal
Instructor: Mr. Eric Cummings
E-mail: somedaysomwhere@gmail.com
Phone: 708-954-7121
Course Description
Informal logic is logic in action in the real world -- the messy, and sometimes convoluted, syllogisms of everyday speech and writing. Rhyme & Reason (provided online) helps the student grapple with these challenges and avoid the danger of studying formal logic in isolation. Instead of producing great thinkers, logic without context may well produce those who think they know how to think, but don't. They're experts at rarified reason, while the meaning and subtleties of the argument they're analyzing is lost to them.
Our logic sequence features two improvements over deficiencies of traditional logic courses. First, it starts with the study of inductive reasoning (particular to general), which is at least as common as deductive reasoning. But it's often excluded from secondary school logic courses. Without studying induction, however, our view of logic will not be well-rounded.
Second you’ll learn to recognize the most common logical fallacies that appear daily in the media with assistance of our supplementary text: With Good Reason: An Introduction to Informal Fallacies by Engel (purchase required). Some lists contain over 200 such informal fallacies, but we'll focus on about 25-30 of the most common.
- Tuition: $275 Premier OR Tuition: $25 Basic
- Grade: 7-8 Grade: 7-8
- Mode: Synchronous Mode: Self-taught
- Offered: Fall Offered: Fall or Spring
- Textbook: See above Textbook: See above