chapter 6Elementary Logic
... if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be: but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.
Why is it important to study logic? Two things that we continually try to accomplish are to understand and to be understood. We attempt to understand an argument given by someone so that we can agree with the conclusion or, possibly, so that we can say that the reasoning does not make sense. We also attempt to express arguments to others without making a mistake. A formal study of logic will help improve these fundamental communication skills.
Why should a student of computer science study logic? A computer scientist needs logical skills to argue ...
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