In this video, Bill Carmody emphasizes the importance of connecting with your audience on an emotional level before providing logical reasons to buy. He explains that while people often make purchasing decisions based on emotion, they...

It may be that nobody ever makes a decision based solely on the facts. But they do need the facts and the reasons to justify their decision. Maybe to the people around them. Or perhaps just for themselves. As a result, we need to use...

This video explains logical fallacies, which are errors in reasoning that make arguments invalid. It gives examples of common fallacies such as false cause, straw man, begging the question, and false dilemma. By learning to spot these...

Everyone buys on emotion but then back-fills with logic. Bill Carmody goes into detail on why emotional reasons to buy are just as important as logical reasons to buy.

How did logic continue to develop as the modern period in philosophy progressed? Mill and Comte discussed the inverse deductive method. But then a huge figure arose, George Boole. He innovated new logical symbology that got us closer to...

In learning about logic, we've come to understand how an argument involves two or more premises followed by a conclusion. When the conclusion does not follow from the premises, this is an invalid argument. In such a case, a logical...

What is Deductive Reasoning? Deductive reasoning is the mental process of drawing deductive inferences. An inference is deductively valid if its conclusion follows logically from its premises, i.e. it is impossible for the premises to be...

What is Deductive Reasoning? Deductive reasoning is the mental process of drawing deductive inferences. An inference is deductively valid if its conclusion follows logically from its premises, i.e. it is impossible for the premises to be...

With modern philosophy somewhat understood, it's time to pivot and see how logic developed during this time period. First, in the early part of this period, Pascal's wager was an important development, which was followed by the Port...

Previously we outlined Aristotle's enormous contributions in establishing logic as a formal field of inquiry. So what happened after that? How did the minds that followed, many directly in his lineage, develop this field further? What is...

In this video, we will explore the concept of legal reasoning and its various approaches. Legal reasoning is the process of applying the law to a given situation or set of facts in order to reach a conclusion.

In this video, we will explore the concept of legal reasoning and its various approaches. Legal reasoning is the process of applying the law to a given situation or set of facts in order to reach a conclusion.

In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About Deductive Reasoning with proofs

The earliest thinker in the Western tradition whose ideas about influence and persuasion come down to us was Aristotle. He asserted that we need three things to build a persuasive argument: ethos, logos, and pathos. In English, these...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how the CER framework can be used to give explanations in a science classroom. In order to make a complete explanation a Claim must be supported by Evidence and Reasoning connecting the evidence to...

How do babies learn so much from so little so quickly? In a fun, experiment-filled talk, cognitive scientist Laura Schulz shows how our young ones make decisions with a surprisingly strong sense of logic, well before they can talk.

The video is a lecture presentation about the factor and remainder theorems in mathematics. The presenter explains how to use the factor theorem to find factors and remainders of polynomials by substituting specific values and also...

In this video, the teacher explains the importance of organizing reasons logically in argumentative writing. They introduce the concept of chronological order as one way to structure reasons and provide examples of how to apply it. The...

In this video, the teacher explains how writers support their opinions with reasons and information. They provide examples and explanations to show readers why they think something. The teacher also guides students through a practice...

This video is a tutorial for students on how to structure their argumentative essays by organizing their reasons in order of importance. The teacher provides examples and guidance on how to determine the strongest and weakest reasons,...

In this video lesson, students learn how to estimate the reasonableness of answers to fraction word problems by using benchmark fractions. The teacher explains the concept of benchmark fractions and demonstrates how to calculate,...

In this video, the teacher explains the difference between opinions and facts and how writers support their opinions with strong reasons in their writing. The teacher provides examples and guides the students through a practice activity...

What is Abductive Reasoning? Abductive reasoning is a form of logical inference that seeks the simplest and most likely conclusion from a set of observations. It was formulated and advanced by American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce...

What is Abductive Reasoning? Abductive reasoning is a form of logical inference that seeks the simplest and most likely conclusion from a set of observations. It was formulated and advanced by American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce...