Introduction to Logic (MP3 download) Economics and Business

Introduction to Logic (MP3 download) Economics and BusinessBy Leonard Peikoff This course (with exercises) covers the standard topics taught in introductory courses in Aristotelian logic. It defines the principles of valid reasoning, and discusses prevalent logical fallacies. It formalizes the steps by which one derives conclusions from premises, and it provides a methodology by which to evaluate one's own thinking processes. (Each lecture includes a question period.) 1. Basic Logical Theory The cognitive

and natural climate variability

Offering humorous anecdotes along the way

According to Peikoff

The Politics

the practice of charging interest on loans was branded unproductive and immoral

thus demonstrating the truth of a premise of benevolence

zealously carrying on its campaign of sacrificing progress to primitivism

how the arguments for egoism and against altruism found in Rand’s different writings reflect her development as a thinker

Allan Gotthelf

and it is also a central question in Ayn Rand's Objectivist ethics

Thought as integration

Ours is an age of "complexity worship" says Leonard Peikoff in this lecture on the nature and necessity of principles