Summary: Logic is an essential component of critical thinking, but how much logic do you really need to learn? If you take a course in formal logic you'll learn all kinds of fancy techniques for constructing derivations and determining whether the logical form of an argument is valid or invalid. But how much of this stuff is actually useful from a critical thinking standpoint? That's the subject of this episode. I'm going to try to help you understand what parts of formal logic you -- as a person looking to develop your critical thinking skills -- should focus on, and what parts you can safely leave to the specialists.
