Current Courses and Phil. Most importantly, logic comprises the methods and principles used in distinguishing correct reasoning from incorrect reasoning. In this sense it is a normative discipline.
Logic is also an activity, one that includes the activity of criticizing reasonings.
The aim of this course is to allow you to improve your skills in this activity. This is not to say that the line between correct and incorrect reasoning is a hard and fast one, nor that there is universal agreement in all cases as to where the line between the two gets drawn. However we will attempt to make this distinction clear in particular cases as well as provide justification for our lines of demarcation. It should be stressed that logic is an ancient subject and there is much in it that is stable and secure. We will for the most part concentrate on the stable and secure areas.