Logic and Language
Learn to understand how logic operates within everyday language by examining layers of meaning in sentences. Explore the basics of binary logic as a language, including syntax and semantics, to construct clear and valid logical arguments using propositions and logical operators.
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Human language is a mystery and is embedded in almost everything we do. Despite being mysterious and complex, it has been studied scientifically by philosophers from the Greco-Roman and documented era. What’s important for us to realize is that logic does not and cannot occur in a vacuum; it’s only within the arms of language that logic resides.
Note: Logic is used inside a language, and logic has a language of its own.
In this chapter, we’ll look at logic from both ends: logic in everyday language and logic as a language in its own right.