Philosiphy class "Introduction to Logic" how is it..?

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Im pretty shy so i dont wanna be in a class where we will have to argue with others? But I love learning about humans and studying behaviors etc so i feel like this course woudl be cool.
Any opinions of those who know about the class? Also let me know about the work etc.. thanks :)

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This course introduces basic concepts and techniques for distinguishing between good and bad reasoning. Emphasis is placed on deduction, induction, validity, soundness, syllogisms, truth functions, predicate logic, analogical inference, common fallacies, and scientific methods. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze arguments, distinguish between deductive and inductive arguments, test validity, and appraise inductive reasoning. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement pre-major and/or elective course requirement.
 
If you can pass the class you are over-qualified and under-paid.

It sounds like an Ivy-level program, which I'm sure carries with it a certain level of cachet, or ironically no cachet when it is a specialized area of unconcern.

What other specialized advice can I offer? Maybe the course will help you with writing projects (structured writing projects) in the future. Otherwise, its just whether you 'enjoy the logic;'

Maybe it looks neurotic to be so concerned, but it pays off in quasi-numerical articulations, or the application of philosophy to criticism. Someone in an intermediate range of comprehension might apply the work to 'applied criticism' like feminism, politics, or linguistics.

Difficult call, if you're doubting yourself. Certainly colleges charge too much these days, but sometimes it looks like valid intangibles later.

My personal experience of logic is that its not well expanded in contemporary science(s) and suffers from an over-textualization. But most professors streamline so that a functional brain can really adapt and 'grip' onto it.

Exciting, but tantalizing is my overall assessment. Unless the professor or yourself come up with some examples of how to apply the logic (and frequently such references are few and far between, or philosophically unsatisfying) you may not find the class completly stimulating.

More content than the average class, but more amiguities in how to use it. Generally valuable, but somehow marginalized and invalid. Brings up questions of how to substantialize one's knowledge.

You can ask questions, like how are arguments categorically valid, or unified in theories? Or how much of logic is an 'applied science'? Or, are there 'urban arguments' or 'animalistic' arguments? To some extent the hidden rule in logic is creativity. But I agree with the other response, such truths will not be evident in class, where there are not likely to be (many) debates. The professor may divide the class to discuss key philosophical or social issues, but the more technical it is, the more scarce such responses will be. There is likely to be a lot of lecturing, and not much seminar material.

That's my qualified assessment, as someone intending to write about logic; trying to go soft and hard at the same time on this one.
 
You most likely won't be arguing back and forth with other students. It's a logic class, not a debate class.

And it shouldn't be too hard since it's just introductory logic. I would take it if I were you. We could all learn to better reason and think critically, and even if you're not a philosophy major, this will help you in all subjects.

The homework will be stuff like reading arguments and converting them from everyday English to symbolic logic, and possibly doing proofs. Depending on how you look at it, it can be very boring and dry, but very important to learn.

It is not a class on humans and their behavior. For that, see the anthropology, sociology, or psychology departments.
 
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