Logic II

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“We have been snared in the coils of spurious logic which insists that if we have found Him, we need no more seek Him.”

― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine

A Brief History of Validity #2The 19 Traditional Forms In the first post in this series, we saw that Aristotle identified 16 valid forms of categorical syllogisms (though he formally acknowledged only the first three figures). …

Enthymeme, or are you thinking what I'm thinking?It’s a grimy window through which we glimpse our own prejudices and beliefs. No wonder politicians are so fond of enthymeme

5 Good Reasons to Study LogicLearn about the benefits of taking a logic class or studying it yourself, even if you're not a philosophy major.

Kerosene is fuel

Red Bull is fuel

Therefore, Red Bull is Kerosene.

AAA-2nd figure, invalid

Yet More Logic in ScriptureLogic students regularly struggle with immediate inferences, and (as is often the case when students have more than usual difficulty) they can begin to wax philosophical about the value of learning…

All guilty people deserve to be punished

Only guilty people deserve to be punished

Guilty people deserve to be punished in proportion to the severity of their crime.

2+2 Never Equals 5“Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2=4. If that is granted, all else follows” -George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-four

Morality Proves God (Video)If objective moral truths exist, how can they be best explained? How does the existence of such truths contribute to the case for God’s existence? To see more training videos with J. Warner Wallace, visit the YouTube playlist. For more information about the scientific and philosophical evidence pointing to a Divine Creator, please read God’s Crime […]

Abductive Reasoning and the Case for the Resurrection (Podcast)Did Jesus rise from the dead? In this podcast, J. Warner talks about abductive reasoning, its application in death scene investigations and its utility when making the case for the Resurrection of Jesus. Is the Christian explanation for the Resurrection reasonable when compared to the alternatives? Jim examines the strengths and liabilities of many explanations […]

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