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Leg Tech Syllabus
Leg Tech Syllabus
Leg Tech Syllabus
R.Q.Aquino
Readings:
Patrick J. Hurley, A Concise Introduction to Logic, Cengage Learning. (Ch 1-7;9)
Ruggero J. Aldisert et al, Logic for Law Students.
I. INTRODUCTION
A. History of Logic
B. Civil Law vs. Common Law Tradition
C . Legal Reasoning
I I . INFORMAL LOGIC
A. Basic Concepts
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What is Logic?
Arguments,Premises, and Conclusions .
Recognizing Arguments.
Simple Noninferential Passages.
Expository Passages.
Explanations.
Conditional Statements
Deduction and Induction.
Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency.
Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity.
Counterexample Method.
11. Extended Arguments.
B. L anguage
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Varieties of Meaning
The Intension and Extension of Terms
D e f i n i t i o ns and Their Purpose
Definitional Techniques.
Extensional (Denotative) Definitions.
Intensional (Connotative) Definitions.
16. Criteria for Lexical Definitions.
C. Informal Fallacies.
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Fallacies in General.
Formal Fallacy
Informal Fallacies
Fallacies in Ordinary Language.
Detecting Fallacies.
Avoiding Fallacies.
I I. FORMAL LOGIC
A. Categorical Propositions
Rules of Implication I.
Rules of Implication II.
Rules of Replacement I.
Rules of Replacement II.
Conditional Proof.
Indirect Proof.
Proving Logical Truths.