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Clyde

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As part of my course requirements, I need to take philosophy course. I was considering logic, but when I looked at a textbook, it looked similiar to math language with symbols I've never encountered before. I like math courses and puzzles, but I become exhausted dealing with abbreviations and jargon. Is anything practical taught in logic courses?
 

Sgtkillalot0

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GoldenCondor said:
...Logic.

Logically logic would be the thing taught in logic.
...This? I'm not really in college yet, so I don't really know. But I'm pretty sure he'll be right.
 

Godavari

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From your (brief) description, it sounds something like proofs in math. You remember those, right? The math subject in high school that everyone hated more than any other event in their lives?
It'll probably be a course in the technical terms and jargon that you already know the vernacular for.
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
Logic ⊂ E where TRUE=TRUE V FALSE=FALSE

Godavari said:
The math subject in high school that everyone hated more than any other event in their lives?
Not everyone :)
HERETIC! That's coming from someone who enjoys math, you know...
 

Threesan

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For me, the big thing I got out of Philosophy 101: Introduction to Logic, was the survey of logical fallacies. It's hard to say with certainty (being that I can't remove what I learned so as to test this), but I think it helps you put your finger on the problem when some idiot is jerking off instead of presenting a valid argument.

Formal logic is math, but is a formalization of arguments rather than numbers. It's not about burdening you with weird notations. Think of it more as a shorthand or an abstraction so you don't always have to deal with some arbitrary background story, e.g., "All green blocks are square." It's a tool, not the focus. The number of symbols to learn isn't bad.

I was a BS:CS with a math minor. There was some overlap, but overall I do not think taking that class was a waste of time. If I could redesign my coursework, I would include it again. But I did sort of like that professor--that may bias me a bit.

edit: This is only coming from my personal experience: that single course. Obviously your course won't be identical. I don't know what else you could get out of philosophy courses. I suppose there are softer subjects, ethics, whatever. But I assume you've read the course descriptions already.