No Math *Required* in the General Education Requirements

urdadinnc
Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:37:24 +0000

My daughter is presently taking the Symbolic Logic class. She inherited her father’s genetic disinclination to enjoy mathematics. When taught well, logic is a very difficult subject to study. I’m glad, as I’m sure she is, that she has the alternative not to take math at UR. She made “As” and “B+s” in her college prep math classes so she is smart enough to do the work, so that’s not the problem.

Here’s a question for us all: Which will come in more handy and useful in life–a college logic class or a college math class? Take a logic class and once you see how the average person takes fallacious statements and arguments as being accurate and profound, and you should see the obvious answer. Why, then, instead of there being a required math course or two at many universities why isn’t there a required course in logic??..Isn’t it more important for a well-rounded student to think well than to “cipher” well? Even Jethro Bodine could “cipher” well–naught,naught, double-naught…

You guessed it: undergrad philosophy major here. And, following up on something someone mentioned above, I personally can think of no better major before law school than philosophy.