The Art of Reasoning: Understanding Logic | In Focus

What is logic, and how is it different from mere thinking? In this edition of In Focus, Dr. Timothy Kearns presents the classical art of reasoning—tracing concepts, propositions, and syllogisms; the parts of logic (demonstration, dialectic, rhetoric, and poetics); and common fallacies—while situating them within Greek, medieval, and modern traditions. Far from an abstract pastime, he shows, logic orders thought to truth and clarifies everyday judgment as well as scholarship, offering a Catholic intellectual vision that unites rigor with wisdom.