THE LOGIC OF MIHAJLO MARKOVIĆ AS A PHILOSOPHICAL PROPAEDEUTIC IN SECONDARY SCHOOL

Abstract

In the following paper, we will examine the possibility of the role of logic as a philosophical propaedeutic in the secondary school system of education. If we understand logic as a science whose primary objects are basic elements and principles of thinking, then it is understandable why before studying the subject of philosophy in the final year of high school one must carefully approach the study of the subject of the science of logic. Therefore, in this paper we will first focus on exploring the conditions for the possibility of the science of logic to be understood as philosophical propedeutics, both through reexamining the historical position of logic and through problematizing the notion of philosophy. Thereafter, we will give a short analysis and presentation of the textbook of Mihajlo Marković’s logic for grammar schools and the third grade of the legal high school as a basic teaching tool in the teaching process of logic to see how the content of the science of logic can be approached by high school students, as well as whether Mihajlović’s textbook is adequate for such an aim. Finally, we will examine the importance of the role that logic plays in the development of critical thinking and discuss the best teaching methods that can be used to teach logic for this purpose.