An Introduction to Formal Logic
Season 1
Ep 18. Demonstrating Invalidity
- TV-PG
- November 1, 2016
- 31 min
Study two techniques for demonstrating that an argument in first-order predicate logic is invalid. The method of counter-example involves scrupulous attention to the full meaning of the words in a sentence, which is an unusual requirement, given the symbolic nature of logic. The method of expansion has no such requirement.