What is Entailment? | Symbolic Logic Tutorial | Attic Philosophy

Entailment is one of the key concepts in all of logic. A good argument is one where the premises entail the conclusion, so if we can understand entailment, we'll have a good handle on what makes an argument good or bad.

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? | Symbolic Logic Tutor...
Intro to Propositional Logic Propositional Logic | Symbolic Logic ...
Truth Tables How to use Truth Tables | Symbolic Lo...
Entailment [this video!]
Equivalence [coming soon!]
Rewriting and Normal Forms [coming soon!]

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