Formal logic helps us build and evaluate rational arguments, which helps us to test claims, explain our reasoning, and keep discussions clear. The first step in learning formal logic is learning about ...

Both the logical reasoning and reading comprehension sections of the LSAT are composed of complex arguments. One of the most fundamental skills an LSAT test-taker needs is to be able to break down ...

On the social media one sees with amazing frequency, and always with a cringe, ‘proofs’ for the existence of God such as the word Allah ‘written’ in a cloud or on toasted bread; or a mosque left ...

It should be fairly obvious that normative statements can be the conclusions of arguments, for we often try to convince people to accept conclusions of this sort. But can they also be the conclusions ...

Both the logical reasoning and reading comprehension sections of the LSAT have questions that ask for something like "the main point of an argument” or “the author’s main conclusion.” This may seem ...

A conclusion is the final idea left with the reader at the end of an essay. Without it, an essay would be unfinished and unfocused. A conclusion should link back to the essay question and briefly ...

Dry. Proscriptive. Wordy. Jargony. Boring. Many words have been used to describe scientific writing, very few of which would excite a reader to take a closer look into the contents of a paper. With ...