How to use Truth Tables | Symbolic Logic Tutorial | Attic Philosophy

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • Truth tables! These are a key tool for beginning logic. They help us calculate truth values for sentences and allow us to test arguments.
    This is part of a series of videos introducing the basics of logic. If there’s topics you’d like covered, leave me a comment below!
    The series so far:
    What is Logic? • What is Logic? | Symbo...
    Intro to Propositional Logic • Propositional Logic | ...
    Truth Tables [this video]
    Entailment [coming soon!]
    Equivalence [coming soon!]
    Rewriting and Normal Forms [coming soon!]
    Links:
    My academic philosophy page: markjago.net
    My book What Truth Is: bit.ly/JagoTruth
    Most of my publications are available freely here: philpapers.org...
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Комментарии • 35

  • @brianlindloff756
    @brianlindloff756 3 года назад +14

    How has this video not received more views? Hands down the best explanation I've seen. Thank you so much.

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  3 года назад +2

      Thanks! You're very welcome.

    • @Tyrothegoat
      @Tyrothegoat 11 месяцев назад +1

      His thumbnails are really bad, the videos are really good, but unless the ‘desperate’ student sees that this video is directly solving the problem, they’re just gonna scroll past it and go click on a video that they feel ‘won’t save their time’

    • @gonzopatra
      @gonzopatra 11 месяцев назад

      @@Tyrothegoat I agree.
      However, this thumbnail does actually stand out against the others (which is how I managed to find it after accidentally losing my search!).
      I clicked because of the fact it had chapters that were titled with more than one word.
      Kinda love thumbnail discussions, so thanks for making me think about it.

    • @YeaYeaOKBUT
      @YeaYeaOKBUT 3 месяца назад

      This is better than my prof and TA combined

  • @jayyyded6502
    @jayyyded6502 2 года назад +6

    wonderful video! so clear and understandable when you say it! My professor makes this seem so much more complicated than necessary. for the american viewers the symbols are different so you'll have :
    ~ - not
    . - and
    v - or
    ) (horseshoe) - if, then
    (triple bar) - iff
    Thanks for making this video!

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  2 года назад +1

      Thanks! Yes lots of different symbols used in logic, it gets confusing!

  • @mshyng
    @mshyng 2 года назад +1

    I am currently studying Formal Methods of Philosophy at Stanford U. right now and this is so helpful! Thank you! :)

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  2 года назад

      Glad it helped! I had a great time visiting Stanford years and years back, such a great place!

  • @annalight5056
    @annalight5056 5 месяцев назад

    Fantastic! Thank you so much for your clear explanations.

  • @tnk4522
    @tnk4522 3 года назад +5

    This is a really helpful video, thanks so much for making it. I think there is a mistake when you stick together the truth tables for the five basic logical connectives around 10:01. The third row of the first column should read F T, rather than F F.

  • @the_wizard_exe
    @the_wizard_exe 10 месяцев назад

    yhea, what a video , very astonishing motivation for breaking down , u did your best thank's !

  • @emuhast
    @emuhast 3 года назад +1

    These videos are very good. They are being very helpful. Thank you so much :D

  • @theyluvv.chisom
    @theyluvv.chisom Год назад

    just subscribed now. The best explanation i've seen soo far!!

  • @nickhann4201
    @nickhann4201 2 года назад

    Incredibly well explained. Thank you!!

  • @carolinequinn4191
    @carolinequinn4191 3 года назад

    You made this so simple. Thank you.

  • @yunningtang
    @yunningtang Год назад

    It's pretty helpful!

  • @pauljackson2409
    @pauljackson2409 3 года назад

    Excellent introduction! Small error at 9:29 in your summary table : second line from bottom the truth values of p and q should read F T and not F F.

  • @patrickjensen8655
    @patrickjensen8655 3 месяца назад

    Do you have anything on the "direct method" where the conclusion is stipulated false and the premises true (??) - see, that why i need it ;)

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  3 месяца назад

      No videos on this, but you do basically what you said: you consider just those lines where the conclusion is F, and see if any of these make all the premises T. If so, the argument is invalid. Otherwise, it's valid. Working like that can cut down on the work involved - you don't have to draw the whole table.

  • @iloveanime807
    @iloveanime807 10 месяцев назад

    You make me realize how bad my professor is at teaching logic. 😂

  • @nou-kc1ws
    @nou-kc1ws 3 года назад +1

    😍😍

  • @carlstoffels6110
    @carlstoffels6110 11 месяцев назад

    You have a mistake in your truth table which demonstrates all of the p, q connectives. You say: t-t, t-f, f-f and f-f. The problem is: f-f on the third line which should be: f-t. Cheers!

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  11 месяцев назад

      Yes well spotted, unfortunately nothing I can do about it now!

  • @wisdomseeker3937
    @wisdomseeker3937 3 года назад

    So how do we apply this to every day life

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  3 года назад +4

      Ever been in a discussion and wanted to know whether (or demonstrate that) someone’s argument doesn’t work? That’s where knowing a little logic can be very useful. Maybe you’re unlikely to get truth tables out mid-conversation! We learn them in class to internalize the skill, like learning a language.

  • @timothywise9731
    @timothywise9731 2 года назад

    This video provides absolutely no value if you cannot relate it’s usage to a real world sentence! Don’t worry, you’re not the only one failing the viewers!

    • @AtticPhilosophy
      @AtticPhilosophy  2 года назад +5

      It's aimed at people taking a logic class. If you want to relate this material to a real world sentence, just replace the ps and qs with whichever real world sentences you like!

    • @timothywise9731
      @timothywise9731 2 года назад

      @@AtticPhilosophy I trying to find out if I need to take such a class. From your response, I guess we can all just teach ourselves. No need to pay for instruction.