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Logic
INTRODUCTION
A. History of Logic
The founder of Logic is Aristotle of Stagira in Thrace (384322B.C.), son of the physician NIchomachus and became
Platos student at 18 years of age and studied with him for
20 years. Shortly afterward in 343 B.C., became a tutor for
3 years to the 13- year old Alexander, who was to rule the
world as Alexander the Great. In 335 B. C., he founded his
own school, the Peripathetic School of philosophers.
In the common law, civil law is the area of laws and justice
that affect the legal status of individuals. Civil law, in
this sense, is usually referred to in comparison to criminal
law, which is that body of law involving the state against
1
Civil
law
may
also
be
compared
to
military
law,
administrative law and constitutional law (the laws
governing the political and law making process), and
international law. Where there are legal options for causes
of action by individuals within any of these areas of law,
it is thereby civil law.
II. REASONING
A. BASIC CONCEPTS
1. What is Logic
Sometimes
you
hear
such
statements
referred
to
as
propositions. Technically speaking, a proposition is the
informational content of any statement or assertion.
components of Argument:
Premise
Inference
Conclusion
clear
5. Recognizing Arguments
Since
Therefore
Because
Thus
As
So
For
Consequent
ly
o Given that
o As
a
result
o Assuming
that
o It follows
that
o In as much
as
o Hence
o The reason
is that
o Which
means that
o In view of
the
fact
that
o Which
implies
that