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Teaching Formal Logic

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    Lesson 1: Teaching Logic Restfully with Rigor (Preview Content)
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  2. Lesson 2: Logic as a Core Discipline (Preview Content)
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  3. Discussion: Logic in One's Life and Study (Preview Content)
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  4. Lesson 3: Formal Logic vs. Informal Logic
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  5. Lesson 4: The Classical Origin and Medieval Recovery of Logic
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  6. Lesson 5: Formal Logic and the Three Acts of the Mind (Preview Content)
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  7. Lesson 6: Translating Arguments into Categorical Form
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  8. Lesson 7: Relationships of Opposition
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  9. Lesson 8: Relationships of Equivalence
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  10. Lesson 9: Categorical Syllogisms
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  11. Lesson 10: Determining Validity of Syllogisms
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  12. Lesson 11: Terms and Definitions
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  13. Lesson 12: Developing the End-of-Year Project
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  14. Discovery of Deduction Sample Lessons
    Lesson 13: Chapter 5.2 The Square of Opposition
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  15. Lesson 14: Chapter 6.5 The Relationship of Contraposition
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  16. End of Course Test
    End of Course Test: Teaching Formal Logic
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I. Beyond the Textbook
(1) What is the nature of academic argumentation?
(2) What is a thesis statement?
(3) How does a student learn to make accurate statements and craft a persuasive argument?
(4) Why is Aristotelian logic the indispensable link between grammar and rhetoric?
(5) In what ways is a study of logic foundational not only to academic discourse, but also to developing a twenty-first-century worldview?

II. Approaching the Discovery of Deduction
Why is it necessary to approach The Discovery of Deduction with the larger picture in mind?