Review of Cristina Bicchieri, Richard Jeffrey, and Brian Skyrms, eds. Cary Cooper and Chris Argyris. Mellon Faculty Bridging Fellowship, 1985-86, awarded by the University of Rochester, one year released time for interdisciplinary study in political science and philosophy. Lilly Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship, 1981-82, awarded by the University of Rochester, one course released time for teaching development. Philosophy 52, Introduction to Logic .
Logic is the study of arguments.
Some arguments are deductive and others are inductive. We will establish standards for each kind of argument. The standards for deductive arguments introduce syllogistic logic and elementary symbolic logic. The standards for inductive arguments introduce methods for assessing the strength of evidence and evaluating probabilities. The goal of the course is to teach reasoning skills that will improve your argumentative writing.