The Discovery of Deduction Program

About this curriculum

The Discovery of Deduction: An Introduction to Formal Logic  will welcome your students into the fascinating realm of formal, deductive logic. This text teaches students how an argument is put together—the form or structure of an argument. It pulls back the curtain to show students not only how arguments work, but also how to assess what’s going on in their own minds.  The Discovery of Deduction is recommended for students who have studied informal fallacies, such as those taught in  The Art of Argument: An Introduction to the Informal Fallacies ;  however, the text does also stand on its own as an independent study of formal logic. “My chief objection to a quarrel,” G.K. Chesterton wrote, “is that it ends a good argument.” Full program includes: The Discovery of Deduction   (consumable student edition)  This book  makes a subject usually reserved for study in college accessible and relevant to logic-stage students, who are at an age when they are beginning to engage with important ideas. This text emphasizes the practical and real-world application of soundly structured deductive logic…