Arguments: Why Do You Believe What You Believe?

From "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)

28 December 202219 March 2023 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 16 Comments

This essay is an introduction to what arguments are and how they can be good or bad.

Classical Syllogisms

28 August 202221 February 2023 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 1 Comment

This essay introduces the classical Aristotelian approach to syllogisms.

Formal Logic: Symbolizing Arguments in Quantificational or Predicate Logic

Rudolf Carnap’s notes on Gottlob Frege’s Begriffsschrift, the progenitor of modern quantificational logic.

3 July 202228 December 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 5 Comments

Author: Timothy Eshing Category: Logic and Reasoning Word count: 1000 Editor’s note: for many readers, this essay would be more profitably read after reading Formal Logic: Symbolizing Arguments in Sentential Logic by Thomas Metcalf. There are many varieties of formal logic of varying complexity. Here we survey one that’s somewhat more complex than sentential or … Continue reading Formal Logic: Symbolizing Arguments in Quantificational or Predicate Logic