Introductory Logic and Critical Thinking

The scientific discipline concerned with reasoning and argumentation is called logic. It involves the analysis of valid inference forms. As an academic field, logic deals with the classification of arguments, the examination of semantics, fallacies, and paradoxes. When a set of premises are designed to support a proposition, it forms an argument. Critical-thinking involves the objective analysis of facts or situations using logic and rationality to form an informed judgment. Inherent attributes of a critically thinking mind include observation, interpretation, explanation, analysis, inference, evaluation, and metacognition. This book aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of logic. It presents the complex subject of logic in the most comprehensible and easy to understand language. It will prove to be immensely beneficial to students and researchers in this field.