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Formal and Informal Logic Drill

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Humanities

Drill validity, soundness, symbolization and named fallacies on arguments you have to reconstruct first

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Quizzes

Write quick-quiz items on the source material's logic content. Every stem presents a short argument in prose (two to four sentences) and asks one of: (a) is it valid, invalid, or valid but unsound; (b) which symbolization in propositional or predicate notation is correct; (c) which named fallacy it commits; (d) what the argument's conclusion actually is. Four options, exactly one best answer. Distractors must be…

Tests

Build a graded test drawn from the source material with this blueprint: forty percent symbolization and translation, thirty percent validity and soundness assessment with justification, twenty percent fallacy identification in naturally worded passages, ten percent one short essay. Short-answer items must require work shown: a truth table, a natural-deduction line-by-line derivation with rule citations, or a…

Flashcards

Make flashcards that build recognition of forms, not vocabulary recall. Three card types only. Type one: front is an argument in prose, back is its standard form with premises numbered, the conclusion marked, and a one-line verdict on validity. Type two: front is a symbolization task, an English sentence with quantifiers or connectives; back is the correct formula plus one line on the trap (scope, negation…

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