The question (15 marks)
Trace the movement from the traditional to the modern definition of logic, stating the objection that defeated each earlier definition, and explain why the accepted definition speaks of the forms of valid arguments rather than of thinking. (15 marks)
MU Module I, heads 1.1 and 1.2; pack ch. 01.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 1 · Introduction to Logical and Legal Reasoning of Logic – I.
Authorities you will need
- Aristotle, whose conception of the form of proposition begins the subject
- Cohen and Nagel, An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method
- Nicholas F. Lucas, Logic and Law
- Susanne Langer, Introduction to Symbolic Logic, on form as structure
- Max Black, Critical Thinking, on form revealed by blanks
How an answer is marked
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