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Read pages 52-59 of Rubin Abel’s __Man is the Measure__, found on the TOK wiki and complete the below questions. Your responses can be in note form and will be discussed during our next class.
 * Instructions:**

1. Summarize the three 20th Century criticisms of Aristotle’s propositional form (categorical syllogisms). Which critique do you find most serious? Which do you feel is most silly/obscure? Explain

2. What is the goal of “The New Logic”? How has it changed how we approach reason?

3. To what extent is logic a hindrance to the discovery of knowledge?

4. What is the role of inference and implication in the search for knowledge?