Basic Concepts in Logic and Argumentation

Basic Concepts in Logic and Argumentation

Part 1: What is an Argument?
1.1 Definition of an argument (4:17)
1.2 Definition of a claim, or statement (4:25)
1.3 Definition of a good argument (I) (3:59)
1.4 Identifying premises and conclusions (5:34)

Part 2: What is a Good Argument?
2.1 The truth condition (6:30)
2.2 The logic condition (5:49)
2.3 Valid vs. invalid arguments (5:30)
2.4 Strong vs. weak arguments (6:38)
2.5 Definition of a good argument (II) (1:58)

Part 3: Deductive versus Inductive Arguments
3.1 Deduction and valid reasoning (2:18)
3.2 Induction and invalid reasoning (1:41)
3.3 Induction and scientific reasoning (9:42)

This is where every course in critical thinking begins, with a discussion of the most basic and foundational concepts necessary for argument analysis. What is an argument? What is a premise? What is a conclusion? What is a good argument? What is a bad argument?

This course also introduces the single most important distinction in argument analysis, the distinction between the truth or falsity of the premises of an argument, and the logical relationship between the premises and the conclusion.

The last section discusses two important types of argument, “deductive” and “inductive”, and how they relate to scientific reasoning.

SOURCE: Basic Concepts in Logic and Argumentation - Critical Thinker Academy