Essays on Logic

Abstract The subject-term, the predicate-term, and the copula are the three essential elements of proposition. Objectively, understanding the logic of propositions is impossible without grasping the meaning of its separate elements. Simultaneously, these are quality and quantity divide propositions into different categories and expand opportunities for using propositions as the instruments of philosophic expression. The…

Philosophy is coined or derived from the Greek word “philosophia which means “the love of wisdom. “Sophia” is the Greek word which means “wisdom”. In other translations, philosophy or more specifically “philosophia” connotes the “love of exercising one’s curiosity and intelligence” (Ruggiero, 2001).             The premises are said to be statements from assumed facts. The…

            An argument is made of a set of premises (or premise) and a conclusion (Labossiere 1). The conclusion should correspond to the premises given. A lapse in argument occurs once the conclusion do not necessarily follows the premises of the argument. Such error in reasoning is termed as fallacy. In general, there are about…

Humans acquire knowledge through reasoning using guided principles of validity, known as logic. Logic helps us understand our surroundings and has two branches: inductive and deductive logic. Inductive logic allows us to obtain specific knowledge by applying general rules. It involves creating patterns of observation over time. We often use simple induction, such as assuming…

Financially, the “One The Run” tour is leaving long lasting positive impressions over many major cities within the United States. According to a Forbes analysis, “this tour is on pace to sell about 1 million tickets and gross lose to $100 million. This would make On The Run the second most successful tour ever by…

Scientists make progress by using the scientific method, a process of checking conclusions against nature. After observing something, a scientist tries to explain what has been seen. The explanation is called an hypothesis. There is always at least one alternative hypothesis. A part of nature is tested in a “controlled experiment” to see if the…

“Apollo 11 landing is real” –believe is or not? If not, doesn’t matter for the present. Not long ago, many, including the so-called intellectual ones, the rationalistic as well as men of religion sincerely believed that the Earth Planet was flat! Those who did not agree with this argument were punished with death. Stephen Toulmin…

R concept of infinite numbers with his discovery of cardinal numbers. He also advanced the study of trigonometric series and was the first to prove the nondenumerability of the real numbers. Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 3, 1845. His family stayed in Russia for eleven years until…

A sample or sample set is a part of the general set of elements that is covered by an experiment (observation, survey). Sample characteristics: Qualitative characteristics of the sample – what exactly we choose and what methods of sampling we use for this. The quantitative characteristic of the sample is how many cases we select,…

The main issue addressed in the thesis is whether legacies deserve extra attention from the admissions office. This issue has significant consequences as it affects current and future students and applicants to Cromwell, potentially impacting the entire scholarly community. Several claims are made in the text: 1) Legacy applicants are more likely to succeed at…