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The ten commandments of philosophy -- The nature and functions of language -- Non-argumentative language -- The nature of philosophy: The tao (way) of philosophy -- The branches of philosophy -- Logic and truth -- The nature of logic: Logic: some definitions from representative logicians -- Material and formal objects of logic -- A short history of logic -- Divisions of logic -- The uses of logic -- The classes of arguments: induction: The kinds of induction -- The five inductive methods -- Arguments from antecedent probability -- Arguments from sign -- Arguments from example -- Arguments from analogy -- The classes of arguments: deduction: Useful guides -- The idea and the term: The nature of idea -- Definition -- Formation -- Apprehension -- Properties of idea -- The idea and the term: Nature of the term -- Singular, particular, and universal terms -- The idea and the term: Definition -- Kinds of definition -- Functions and purposes of definitions -- Rules of definitions -- Division and its nature -- Rules governing logical division -- Judgement and the proposition: Nature of judgement -- The ultimate test of truth -- Positive and abstraction and negative abstraction -- The nature of proposition -- The elements of the proposition -- Quality and quantity or extension as properties of the proposition -- The symbols a, e, i, and o -- The distribution of the predicate term -- Eueler's diagram of the a, e, i, and o propositions -- The Venn diagram of a, e, i, and o propositions -- Judgement and the proposition: The Boolean equations -- Logical form of propositions -- Inference and the syllogism: Inference: a pathway to the truth -- The general types of inference -- kinds of immediate inference -- The basic laws of thought (the first principles) -- Inference and the syllogism: oppositional inference: Nature of oppositional inferences -- The modes of opposition -- The laws of opposition -- Explanation of the laws -- Summary of the laws -- The rules as shown in a synoptic scheme -- Inference and the syllogism: eduction: Conversion -- Brief rules for conversion whether simple or partial -- Examples of conversion -- Obversion -- Examples of obversion -- Contraposition -- Rules for contraposition -- Examples of contraposition -- Inversion -- Inference and the syllogism: the simple categorical syllogism: Nature of syllogism -- Basic structure of the categorical syllogism -- Eight general syllogistic laws or cannons -- Proofs of the eight general syllogistic laws or canons -- Venn diagram technique for ascertaining the validity of the syllogism -- Inference and the syllogism: syllogistic figures and moods: Syllogistic figures -- Syllogistic moods -- Reduction of the figures 2, 3, and 4 to figures 1 -- Illustrative examples of reduction -- Inference and the syllogism: the hypothetical syllogism: Conditional syllogism -- The disjunctive syllogism -- The conjunctive syllogism -- Inference and the syllogism: special types of syllogism: The enthymeme -- The epichireme -- The polysyllogism -- The sorites -- The dilemma -- The nature and kinds of fallacies: Rhetorical fallacies -- Logical fallacies -- Some practical applications of logic to argumentation and debate: Argumentation and debate differentiated -- The value of argumentation and debate -- The objective of debate -- The four processes of argumentation -- The subject of argumentation: the proposition -- The forms of proposition -- Qualities of good propositions for debates -- The burden of proof -- Nature, function and kinds of issues in a debate -- Gathering of materials, data ad other evidences -- Evidence, proof, and argument -- The brief and the outline -- The interpellation and the rebuttal -- The points of difference between the main and the rebuttal speech -- Special problems encountered in the making of the rebuttal speech.