▲ 128 ▼ For people who've taken philosophy classes, was there something you learned that you now use everyday? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Daft_ish@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Being able to break down arguments into syllogisms in AEIO form. There are 256 distinct forms and 24 of them are valid logical statements. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_valid_argument_forms permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nucleative@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Studying this topic in early university added a lot of value to my thinking process. Also software developers can relate intuitively. And yet, somehow surprisingly few people know how to break down their arguments in this way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Studying this topic in early university added a lot of value to my thinking process. Also software developers can relate intuitively. And yet, somehow surprisingly few people know how to break down their arguments in this way. permalink fedilink source parent