Recent Lessons

Show all results for ""

Feature Overview

Ace your exams with our all-in-one platform for creating and sharing quizzes and tests.

Quizzes

Create quizzes and tests automatically from your content using AI.

Flashcards

Automatically turn your notes into digital flashcards.

Share, Export & Embed

Share with classmates or export to Excel and your learning management system.

Stats & Reporting

Auto-grading quizzes and tests with detailed stats and reports.

Mobile Apps

The smarter way to study – wherever you are.

Pricing

Search...

16 Questions

1 Views

Reasons to Study Logic

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz

Study Flashcards

Spaced Repetition

Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

What is one reason to study Logic according to the text?

To learn new languages

To analyze the logic of ordinary sentences (correct)

To improve memory skills

To study historical events

How is studying basic symbolic logic compared in the text?

Similar to learning to cook

Similar to playing musical instruments

Similar to solving crossword puzzles (correct)

Similar to learning to ride a bike

What skill can be developed through studying Logic according to the text?

Public speaking

Creative writing

Spotting weak arguments (correct)

Drawing realistic portraits

What is an example given in the text to illustrate reasoning?

Reasoning about a dead car battery Signup and view all the answers

What does Logic help steer us away from according to the text?

Truth and falsehood Signup and view all the answers

What are the exercises in studying basic symbolic logic compared to in the text?

Crossword puzzles Signup and view all the answers

What is the art of persuasion called?

Rhetoric Signup and view all the answers

What has become a norm in news and social media according to the text?

Using dubious techniques of persuasion Signup and view all the answers

What has especially close connections to mathematics, computer science, and philosophy?

Aristotelian logic Signup and view all the answers

What is a major intellectual achievement according to the text?

Aristotelian logic Signup and view all the answers

What are some examples of fallacious thinking mentioned in the text?

Promoting red herrings Signup and view all the answers

Who attacks straw men and promotes red herrings according to the text?

Politicians and pundits Signup and view all the answers

What are the essential parts of the liberal arts curriculum according to the text?

Rhetoric and logic Signup and view all the answers

What has benefited from advances in traditional fields such as philosophy and mathematics according to A.D. Irvine?

"The study of logic" Signup and view all the answers

"Apppeals to emotion, provocative images, or clever wordplay" can be encompassed by which term?

Persuasion Signup and view all the answers

What are examples of fallacious thinking?

Dubious techniques of persuasion Signup and view all the answers