A One-Class Primer on Logic for Courses in Jurisprudence and Introduction to Law

D'Amato, Anthony

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2192648

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A One-Class Primer on Logic for Courses in Jurisprudence and Introduction to Law

Anthony D'Amato

Northwestern University - School of Law

December 15, 2012

Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 12-43

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Teachers of courses in INTRODUCTION TO LAW and JURISPRUDENCE may be looking for a one-class introduction/exercise in formal logic. This short essay covers the basic logic symbols, truth tables, and the question of justifying logic. It is offered free of copyright to my law-school colleagues.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 10

Keywords: logic, deduction, entailment, contradiction, antecedent, consequent, follows from, valid

JEL Classification: K1, K10

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Date posted: December 22, 2012

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D'Amato, Anthony, A One-Class Primer on Logic for Courses in Jurisprudence and Introduction to Law (December 15, 2012). Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 12-43. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2192648 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2192648

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