Logic Made Easy

By: Venancio B. Ardales

Q1: What is there about logic that it deserves to be taught for so many centuries?

Q2: What use will a person have of knowledge gained from the study of logic?

Explanation:

Logic is a subject which provides the learners with theoretical and practical value. The study of logic is
intellectually rewarding for it provides knowledge for its own sake. This is because many of its principles
are clear and systematic and are useful in the understanding of the philosophical and non-philosophical
issues.

Nota Bene(Translation: Note Well)

A) When an understanding of the principles and methods of logical inference, a person can reason
out clearly, spontaneously and correctly.
B) Logic will enable a person to recognize good from bad reasoning; it will enable him to point out
the defects of bad reasoning which he will avoid in his own argument.
C) Knowledge of logic will help a person to evaluate persuasions which use mere propaganda ,
psychological means(such as emotion and majority pressure) rather than supporting evidence or
reason.
D) Logic will enable the person to develop a critical attitude toward his and other’s assumptions
and presuppositions which serve as bases of one’s argument.
E) Logic will provide a person a good grasp of logical terminologies useful in understanding wirks or
writings in philosophy, in physical and in other sciences.
F) Logic will make a person aware of ambiguity of words and of various functions of language, and
will encourage him/her to be more exact, and, hence, more effective in the use of linguistic
symbols.
G) Logic will motivate a person to value the systematic and objective approach in analyzing issues
and in doing things.