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"When I say people should study logic, I don't mean necessarily its formal presentation." If that's the case, you probably shouldn't have linked to that Wikipe
by astine 7y ago
"When I say people should study logic, I don't mean necessarily its formal presentation."
If that's the case, you probably shouldn't have linked to that Wikipedia article because it's mostly about formal logic systems. Regardless, I'd usually classify studying informal fallacies more under critical thinking than logic strictly speaking. There's an entirely different set of formal logical fallacies that apply to formal logic.
- bananamerica 7y agoI did link to a book on informal fallacies. And I do not agree with your classification. It's narrow and doesn't reflect the history of the field. Logic is a tool for mathematicians, philosophers, and computer scientists. Like any versatile tool, it can be adapted for different — but related — tasks. On the topic: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-informal/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-informal/