Formal logic helps us build and evaluate rational arguments, which helps us to test claims, explain our reasoning, and keep discussions clear. The first step in learning formal logic is learning about ...

Parts of arguments are either true or false—unless they are vague or ambiguous, in which case they are indeterminate. But arguments themselves, taken as a whole, are either valid or invalid. An ...

We are reading this article not for its content – although I expect it to be of interest to many of you, especially the criminology majors – but as an illustration of how to think in terms of ...

Both the logical reasoning and reading comprehension sections of the LSAT have questions that ask for something like "the main point of an argument” or “the author’s main conclusion.” This may seem ...

Dry. Proscriptive. Wordy. Jargony. Boring. Many words have been used to describe scientific writing, very few of which would excite a reader to take a closer look into the contents of a paper. With ...

A conclusion is the final idea left with the reader at the end of an essay. Without it, an essay would be unfinished and unfocused. A conclusion should link back to the essay question and briefly ...

We are backstage at Argument Corner with our first contestant. Thanks for joining us. My pleasure. Our audiences at home would like to learn effective ways to build a written argument. Could you walk ...