Learning Objectives
1. Recognize arguments and their components including those with missing premises or conclusions (enthymemes) and nested arguments.
2. Present arguments to clarify the overall structure.
3. Appraise inductive arguments and evaluate the strength of inferences drawn.
4. Judge the validity of deductive arguments.
5. Identify informal fallacies.
6. Employ Venn diagrams to test the validity of categorical syllogisms.
7. Interpret truth tables to determine the truth value of compound statements.
8. Use truth tables to determine validity and to test for tautologies, self‑contradictions, and equivalences.