Be aware of the following definitions for Thursday's class.
- Reasoning:
- The process of reaching conclusions by a process of connected thought
- Logic:
- The science of reasoning, proof, thinking, and inference; as a field of study, logic involves the systematic study of the patterns of argument and in particular—those patterns of arguments that are valid
- Logical:
- Correctly reasoned; an argument is logical if the conclusion follows from the premises
- Premise:
- a basis, stated or assumed to be true, on which reasoning proceeds
- Inference:
- A conclusion derived from premises
- Syllogism
- a series of statements involving premises followed by an inference (or conclusion)
- Truth
- A proven fact
- Validity
- Having general acceptability, based on evidence (can be disproven)
