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-/[]\- Logic chapters 1 to 5 re- appear not in sequence, as is or longer, in Volume 1A, Pattern Based Reason, Bon Appetite. Logic
Mastery Logic mastery makes the hard, easier. Logic mastery leads to better, stronger and richer comprehension. Logic mastery improves reading and writing. Logic mastery ease learning difficulties. Logic mastery gives a headstart. In sum, logic mastery will develops critical thinking, improve reading and writing, and give a firmer base for work and studies at many levels. Good luck. After logic, (a) continue reading Three Skills for Algebra, chapters 8 to 14 and do so alongside site area on solving liinear Equations ; or (b) see this calculus starter lesson and Volume 3, Why Slopes & More Math, chapters 2 to 6;
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Chapter 2. Implication Rules
One Versus Two Way ImplicationsThe two puzzles give examples of implication rules. The first puzzle gives a one-way implication rule, while the second gives a two-way implication rule. The following words should further help you to see the difference between one- and two-way implication rules. Seeing this difference may help you understand better the answers to the above questions. They may also help you answer the five questions again using the two-way implication rule.
Seeing or recognizing the difference between one- and two-way implication rules makes you a more careful thinker. One- and two-way rules, recognized or not, are what we use to reach conclusions or make judgments. One and two-way rules can be used to suggest or persuade us of what needs to be done or avoided. Talking About LogicAs suggested above, you can give people the above rules or similar ones before asking five questions. Before you do this, you should wait for a receptive mood, especially if you are not in a classroom. For the sake of an argument and some fun, you may ask after getting an answer, are you sure? Or you may pretend a correct answer is wrong. Of course, you will admit this ruse later, and explain why you really agree (or disagree) with the answers. The aim is to see how people reason and more importantly to strengthen their thinking skills.
Implications Versus SuggestionsIn a dictionary you may find that the verb to imply also means to suggest. Words which say when one event occurs so does or will a second are called suggestions or implications. Suggestions and implications can be true. True here means obeyed or at least not disobeyed. Suggestions and implications can be false. False here means disobeyed. In our reasoning process, we want to say with certainty that when this occurs so will that. In practice, we may have to be content with saying when this occurs, so may that. Knowing which of our rules are sure or which are uncertain identifies the weaknesses in our reasoning processes. The implication rules that are never disobeyed provide the most certain suggestions in reason.
Implications Versus SuggestionsIn a dictionary you may find that the verb to imply also means to suggest. Words which say when one event occurs so does or will a second are called suggestions or implications. Suggestions and implications can be true. True here means obeyed or at least not disobeyed. Suggestions and implications can be false. False here means disobeyed. In our reasoning process, we want to say with certainty that when this occurs so will that. In practice, we may have to be content with saying when this occurs, so may that. Knowing which of our rules are sure or which are uncertain identifies the weaknesses in our reasoning processes. The implication rules that are never disobeyed provide the most certain suggestions in reason. In logic, when we speak of implication rules, we speak of rules which we hope are never disobeyed. Rules which might be disobeyed are called conjectures, suggestions or guesses. Evidence (persuasion) should be required to convince us that a conjecture or suggestion is a reliable implication. We can imagine or suggest more than we can prove. Caution is advised on hearing a rule. Before applying a rule, you need to know how certain it is. Is it a reliable implication or merely an uncertain suggestion? Chapter Sections: Next Section: Implications versus Suggestions Next Chapter: Chains of Reason - Euclidean Model for
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