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shunhe on April 27, 2020

Hi @Anna2020,

Thanks for the question! So here’s the thing about formal logic: learning it is overkill, so if you want to go ahead and do that, feel free, but it’s certainly not necessary. There’s a lot of different kinds of logic in formal logic (like predicate logic and quantifiers) that you won’t even touch for the LSAT. Learning the very basics of formal logic does help, so it really depends on how much time you have. I took a intro logic course before taking the LSAT, and I found that it was super helpful, though as I mentioned, it taught me way more than I needed to know for the test. You really just need to focus on propositional logic.

If you do want to go through with this, I’d recommend an intro first-order logic book. Possibly something like Goldfarb’s “Deductive Logic.” There are probably also good YouTube videos on the subject. But the materials we offer you should be enough to get you through the test, this is only if you want to be super duper extra prepared.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.

Anna20 on April 29, 2020

Thanks so much - that's super helpful. Which courses would you recommend that have a couple of classes on propositional logic? The appeal is to have a bit more context, to help me contextualise and remember the various rules.

Have checked and there don't seem to be any introduction to logic podcasts!

Anna20 on May 14, 2020

Separately, would you be able to cover how to solve the missing premise drills and argument completion (are there explanations to these)?

I note that Ben mentioned in his Office Hours that he didn't really focus on these in his preparation - to what extent are these drills helpful?

Many thanks! Look forward to hearing from you :)

Anna20 on May 29, 2020

Please can I follow up on this. Thank you.