Yuri Arcurs peopleimages.com / Getty Images/iStockphoto When I was in college, I remember naively signing up for a course called “Introduction to Logic.” It turned out to be one of the greatest ...

Ah, nothing like a little logical paradox for Christmas. Today we will look at how to make a valid argument—that disagrees with itself and makes no sense. Dive in to the paradox of entailment. When ...

For regulars at Ars Technica, the forums are as much a part of the site’s identity as the articles. And where there are forums, there are flame wars. The BattleFront is infamous for its contentious ...

This week's post is the first in a series that will provide you with a complete overview of LSAT content and the basic skills you will need to perform your best on it. This first installment will ...

Some people are really good at logical reasoning. They quickly recognize that a particular argument is well-structured and that one point follows clearly from the next. Other people seem more strongly ...

Both the logical reasoning and reading comprehension sections of the LSAT have questions that ask for something like "the main point of an argument” or “the author’s main conclusion.” This may seem ...

The defendant didn’t tell his side of the story after he was arrested. Innocent people never invoke their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Therefore, the defendant is guilty [1]. Source: ...

This course is compulsory on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This ...

Re-printed here with the permission of the author. One of our members recently posted a link to a great website, Fallacy Files, on our facebook wall. I did some browsing, and stumbled upon a modal ...