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Article #320Re: Are all crows black? => Logic as an essential subject?
From: Keith Higa
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 19:36
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 19:36
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In article <1992Nov8.072149.18855@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> casley@Tarski.Stanford.EDU (Ross Casley) writes:
>It does take a lot of work to get to a position where a statement that is
>clearly mathematical is clearly analytic too. But that doesn't seem to
>have any bearing on whether it is worthwhile to learn elementary logic
>in high school.
My feeling is, if it were to be put in the curriculum, the best place to put
it is high school geometry. Every geometry text has a section on logic some-
where, but it's usually relegated to the appendices.
Whether it is worthwhile...I think at least knowing propositional logic
should be of some use, at least by way of an introduction, IMHO.
--
Keith K. Higa Lewis & Clark College
higa@lclark.edu Portland, OR, USA
In a hierarchy each member tends to rise to his/her level of incompetence.
--The Peter Principle
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!lclark!higa From: higa@lclark.edu (Keith Higa) Newsgroups: sci.logic,alt.uu.future Subject: Re: Are all crows black? => Logic as an essential subject? Message-ID: <1992Nov8.193612.16707@lclark.edu> Date: 8 Nov 92 19:36:12 GMT Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Nov8.193612.16707 References: <1992Nov4.170813.27890@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <1992Nov5.182513.25397@lclark.edu> <1992Nov8.072149.18855@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR Lines: 19