University of York - Logic: The Language of Truth
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Logic: The Language of Truth at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Go to Website  |
Credential | Certificate |
Logic: The Language of Truth at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 4 weeks
- Weekly study 4 hours
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Logic: The Language of Truth at FutureLearn Course details
- If you believe Mickey is a big mouse and Dumbo is a small elephant, then you must also believe that Mickey is a mouse and Dumbo is an elephant.
- But, do you believe that Mickey is bigger than Dumbo?
- On this course, you'll consider the logic behind this argument and explore the concept that when something is true, other things have to be true too.
- You'll discover logical reasoning theory and explore the vital role words like and, or, not, and if play in making good or bad arguments.
- You'll also learn how philosophers use a formal language to assess arguments and look closely at how our everyday language and thinking works.
Logic: The Language of Truth at FutureLearn Curriculum
Bringing logic into focus
Welcome
What is logic?
Our key concept: deductive validity
Truth and what arguments are made from
A closer look at validity
Formal validity and logical form
Formal languages and natural languages
Logical form
Natural languages and formal languages
Starting to build our formal language
Our project
Investigating the relationship between '&' and 'and'
What words mean and what we mean by using them
Complex sentences and logical properties
Expanding our formal language
Complex sentences and structural ambiguity
Our third connective: vel
Logical laws and logical relationships
Evaluating arguments
Conditionals and arrow
Investigating the relationship between arrow and 'if ? then ? '
Testing for validity with truth-tables
And finally ?
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