009 - The Argument Matrix (or, How to Know What You're Talking About)
The Argument Ninja Podcast
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Learning the Rules of Reasoning in a Classroom Setting
i'm teaching students to recognize the logical properties of different patterns of reasoning. Some patterns are like this one, where the conclusion follows with necessity from the premises. And in some patterns, the conclusion doesn't follow either validly or strongly and we call these weak arguments. To deny this implies a contradiction somewhere. If the conclusion is false, then one of the premises must be false. Either not all swans are white, or julie didn't buy a swan. This is the kind of basic logical intuition that we rely on in our audience when we deploy arguments.
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