{"id":834,"date":"2016-12-19T18:53:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T18:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=834"},"modified":"2017-04-19T18:46:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:46:42","slug":"building-arguments-with-logic","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/chapter\/building-arguments-with-logic\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction: Analyzing Arguments With Logic","rendered":"Introduction: Analyzing Arguments With Logic"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\nAnalyzing Arguments With Logic\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Discern between an inductive argument and a deductive argument<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Evaluate deductive arguments<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyze arguments with Venn diagrams and truth tables<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Use logical inference to infer whether a statement is true<\/li>\r\n \t<li>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<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIn the next section we will use what we have learned about constructing statements to build arguments with logical statements. 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