In this thought-provoking episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we break down one of the most important — yet most misunderstood — skills in human history: logic.
Logic is the art and science of correct reasoning. It’s how we separate truth from illusion, clarity from confusion, and sound arguments from seductive nonsense. From Aristotle’s laws of thought to the puzzles of modern symbolic logic, we explore how logic evolved, how it works, and why mastering it is essential for navigating today’s world of misinformation, emotional arguments, and cognitive traps.
You’ll discover the major branches of logic — formal, informal, symbolic, mathematical, deductive, inductive, modal, and predicate — and how each one shapes fields like science, philosophy, computer programming, and even everyday decision-making.
We then dive into fallacies, the hidden traps that make bad arguments sound good, including ad hominem, slippery slope, strawman, Texas sharpshooter, false dilemmas, red herrings, non-sequiturs, hasty generalisations, and more. Each fallacy is explained with clear examples designed to sharpen your thinking instantly.
Finally, we explore paradoxes — the brain-bending statements that challenge our understanding of truth itself. From the Liar Paradox to Zeno, Russell’s Barber, Schrödinger’s Cat, the Sorites heap problem, and infinite regress problems like “turtles all the way down,” this episode reveals how paradoxes expose the limits of logic and push human understanding forward.
By the end, you’ll walk away with a sharper mind, a deeper awareness of faulty reasoning, and a new appreciation for the strange and fascinating world of logic.
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