<p>I want to challenge myself with a course that would provide a good foundation for some of the LSAT "logic" that i'll be facing on the test. This is a little random, but has anyone ever taken a philosophy/predicate logic class? What was your experience? Level of difficulty? Is it a good prep for LSAT? thanks in advance.</p>
<p>An entire class in predicate logic would be far more than you'd need for the LSAT, and would possibly be very confusing without any background in logic. An "Introduction to Logic" course (philosophy) would be more than sufficient.</p>
<p>Check out Discrete Math. It's an early undergrad logic class, usually cross-listed in both Math and Computer Science & required by CS.</p>
<p>I took an intro to logic class last semester and really enjoyed it. It's not hard at all and pretty straightforward. I did propositional logic in class, which is pretty much the same as what elementary computer science courses teach too. Predicate logic is more complex, and I don't think it's necessary for the LSAT, but it helps and is fun if you enjoy it.</p>
<p>As long as you have a very good teacher, intro. to logic would be an interesting class. However, if you have a teacher who can't explain the material clearly, then the experience will be very frustrating. I took a logic class and got a "D". No academic support of any kind at my school. As a result, most of my classmates who took this class had failed. So it all boils down the professor you get.</p>
<p>The difficulty of the course will vary a lot from person-to-person, school-to-school, and professor-to-professor.</p>
<p>Predicate is usually the sequel to "propositional." Propositional would be dramatic overkill. Predicate is beyond overkill.</p>
<p>Basically you only need three or four principles from formal logic. The contrapositive is the only one that really matters.</p>
<p>Regardless, it's a very fun set of courses and very useful. Everybody should take at least propositional.</p>
<p>I've started doing predicate logic and it's really not so bad. It gives you a lot of insight into how sentences are formed, the logical connections between subjects and predicates, etc.</p>
<p>Although I wouldn't necessarily recommend everyone who's planning on taking the LSAT take predicate logic, it definitely wouldn't hurt either.</p>