Concurrent Rhetoric and Logic

[pookieslw]

I have a 12th grader next year who has never taken a formal logic course but has a fascination with the subject. I would like him to take the Rhetoric course next year and was thinking that maybe he could do a Logic course concurrently (and also then benefit from the Logic review questions. Is this doable, and which course would you recommend?

Thanks!

[pschaeffer]

Whether it is doable or not really depends on how many other subjects he is taking. If he doesn't have a lot of other courses, he should be able to assimilate both materials just fine.

We would recommend the Traditional Logic program--and as a senior he is capable of doing Traditional Logic I in the first semester then TL II in the second semester.

Paul

[pookieslw]

Traditional Logic I and II, and not Material Logic? Can you explain the sequencing here, and how they differ and overlap?

Thanks!

[pookieslw]

based on http://www.memoriapress.com/articles/logic.html

[tanya]

Martin Cothran tells me that if you only have time for 1 logic course, Traditional Logic is the one to do. If you only have time for 2 courses, he recommends doing TL followed by Rhetoric. If you don't have time to do all the books, Material Logic is the one he would drop.

Regards,

Tanya