Introduction: Analyzing Arguments With Logic

Learning Objectives

Analyzing Arguments With Logic

  • Discern between an inductive argument and a deductive argument
  • Evaluate deductive arguments
  • Analyze arguments with Venn diagrams and truth tables
  • Use logical inference to infer whether a statement is true
  • Identify logical fallacies in common language including appeal to ignorance, appeal to authority, appeal to consequence, false dilemma, circular reasoning, post hoc, correlation implies causation, and straw man arguments

 
In the next section we will use what we have learned about constructing statements to build arguments with logical statements. We will also use more Venn diagrams to evaluate whether an argument is logical, and introduce how to use a truth table to evaluate a logical statement.