Gregg,
I'm in both camps. Logic was one of my delights in college. Whatever all
those theorems were so many years ago, I suspect they're still true, and
I'm sure they have affected my way of thinking until today. But there are
also those courses (mainly in Education and English) in which I couldn't
have survived, or stayed awake, if I hadn't argued with the teacher. I
don't know if the professors enjoyed it, but I did.
Regards,
John
At 11:08 PM 11/05/2001 -0500, you wrote:
You're right, of course. Other than a basic coverage for proofs in
Geometry, I can remember little logic taught. I learned best by arguing
with teachers.
Gregg
Washington state still has debating teams in most high schools. One of
the real
problems is that we don't teach logic anymore. Even when I was in high
school many
years ago there were no logic courses.
Jim Couch
Gregg Iverson wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> Do or did Australia have debating teams in school? We used to have
them in
> High School. That seems to have disappeared in the US. One of the
> desirable outcomes that resulted in past generations of college graduates
> was the ability to attack an idea and not the individual presenting it. I
> see less of that happening in educational circles today.
>
> Gregg
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