
Introduction
Welcome to Session 7 of the series on The Law Explained and the topic tonight being “Logic, Argument and Rhetoric”, namely – what is Logic, especially in the context of law?
How are the tools of Logic used in a legal sense? And why a lack of knowledge of the key elements of Logic is a very dangerous position to be in? What is the nature of Arguments? How do the various parts of the present system use presumptions of Argument against us?
Part 1 – Review on Key Concepts
Page 3 – Review of Key Points from Session 6
Page 4 – What is Truth?
Page 5 – What is Fact?
Page 6- What is Reality?
Page 7 – What is Validity?
Page 8 – The Tripartite Relations of Life
Page 9 – The Law is necessarily fictional
Page 10 – What the law is not
Page 11 – What is Not Justice?
Page 12 – No Trust can exist under Injustice
Page 13 – The Rule of Relation
Page 14 – The Rule of Sequence
Page 15 – Law Reason and Action
Page 16 – What is an Action in Law?
Part 2 – Argument and Rhetoric
Page 18 – What is Argument and Rhetoric?
Page 19 – What is the Matter of an Argument?
Page 20 – What is the Issue of the Argument?
Page 21 – Who are the Parties to an Agreement?
Page 22 – If no basic agreement, an Argument stalls
Part 3 – Logic
Page 24 – What is Logic?
Page 25 – Bivalent Logic
Page 26 – Logical Fallacy: Incoherence
Page 27 – Logical Fallacy: Non-Sequitur
Page 28 – Logical Fallacy: Irrelevance
Page 29 – Logical Fallacy: Malice
Page 30 – Logical Fallacy: Perfidy
Page 31 – Logical Fallacy: Unproven Claim
Page 32 – Logical Fallacy: Unasserted Claim
Page 33 – Logical Fallacy: Circular Reasoning
Page 34 – Logical Fallacy: Verbose Reasoning
Page 35 – Logical Fallacy: Absurd Reasoning
Page 36 – Logical Fallacy: Repetitious Reasoning
Page 37 – Logical Fallacy: Scandalous Reasoning
Page 38 – Logical Fallacy: Defamatory Reasoning