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Document Exercise 4, 6c (Additional Note 4)

On the question whether every formula in a natural deduction needs to be used.

Formal logic, Validity, natural deduction view
Document Handout 11: Syllogistics IV

Reduction to the first figure, rules for validity, test for validity with Venn diagrams.

syllogism, Validity view
Document Handout 11A: Validity for Syllogisms

Further information about testing validity using modus Felapton.

syllogism, Validity view
Document Handout 16: Formal Fallacies

A list of formal fallacies (PL, QL, syllogistics, modal logic) with examples.

Formal logic, Validity, fallacies view
Document Handout 1: Logic, the 'Art of Thinking'

Introduction to the course. Remarks on validity.

Formal logic, Validity view
Document Handout 2: Arguments

Handout about validity and soundness.

Argument, Proposition, Validity view
Document Handout 6: Propositional Logic III

Testing validity with the semantical method.

Validity, truth tables, Formal logic, tautology view
Document Handout 7: Propositional Logic IV

Testing validity with the syntactical method; natural deduction.

Formal logic, Validity view
Document Handout 8: Syllogistics I

Limits of PL, categorical propositions, Venn diagrams.

Validity, syllogism, categorical view
Document Horseshoe and Turnstiles (Additional Note 2)

Further background about the connection between material implication, logical consequence, and deducibility.

Validity, Entailment, Consequence, Implication view
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