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How do we think? What does a faithful use of logic look like? Without even pausing to think about it, we exercise our capacity for rational thought. But how exactly does logic work? What makes some arguments valid and others not? In this Questions in Christian Philosophy volume, philosopher Forrest Baird offers an introduction to logic. He considers the basic building blocks of human reason,...

It is not enough to just have statements and propositions in order to have an argument—they must be connected in a certain way. Consider the following: P1 I am hungry P2 This is a pen C Tomorrow is Tuesday2 While we have two statements and a proposition, this is clearly not an argument. What is missing? There is no connection here to establish the proposition “Tomorrow is Tuesday” on the basis of the previous two statements. The “connected series … to establish” is the part that makes an argument
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