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Getting Deeper into Logic: Propositional Logic

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Outline/Summary of Objectives in Chapter Ten: Getting Deeper into Logic: Propositional Logic


Following are the main learning objectives from the chapter.

You should learn the basics of propositional logic and effectively symbolize parts of arguments so that they can be assessed for validity.

Students should become proficient at using propositional logic to determine whether basic deductive arguments are valid. To this end, you should . . .

A. learn to symbolize the following kinds of statements:

1. conjunctions

2. negations

3. disjunctions

4. conditional statements

B. learn to assign truth values to statements and produce truth tables.

C. learn to use truth tables to test arguments for deductive validity.





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