Yuri Arcurs peopleimages.com / Getty Images/iStockphoto When I was in college, I remember naively signing up for a course called “Introduction to Logic.” It turned out to be one of the greatest ...

This week’s post is the first in a series that will provide you with a complete overview of LSAT content and the basic skills you will need to perform your best on it. This first installment will ...

To advance a moral argument about the legality of controversial subjects such as abortion, there needs to be a reformulation of the way in which arguments are presented. When discussing highly ...

Some find it plausible that a sufficiently long duration of torture is worse than any duration of mild headaches. Similarly, it has been claimed that a million humans living great lives is better than ...

As a philosophy professor who teaches logic and critical thinking — the study of good and bad arguments and forms of reasoning — I have been a keen observer of the arguments given for and against ...

In simple terms, a logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning that weakens your argument; you’ve drawn a conclusion based on illogical, irrelevant, deceptive, or otherwise faulty evidence. You’re probably ...

Senior District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Photo: Ryland West/ALM U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New ...