Dialectica
An Index of Logic
(and Fallacies)

It Is Never Too Late to Begin

Grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric: these are the backbone of the classical model of education. Alas, not everyone gets this kind of education; but what’s to be done?

In the pursuit of wisdom, it is never too late to begin. We recently concluded a series on deductive logic, which followed a series on informal fallacies. As with the Author Bank and our series on the history of ideas, we wanted to provided our readers with a handy index to navigate these posts—and here it is! Posts from the series on logic are listed in the “Syllogisms” column, while those from the fallacy series are listed in the “Sophistries” column.

Speaking of the history of ideas, we have pulled in relevant posts from our “Great Conversation” series, which include further suggested reading. These are listed topically, following the posts from the logic and fallacy series that they help elucidate.

The three series that appear in this index are abbreviated thus to save space:

BM—The Brain, a User’s Manual
GC—The Great Conversation
SS—Sorting Through Sophistries