# In Defense of Logic Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-k-12-classical-education-podcast-18393/in-defense-of-logic Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-k-12-classical-education-podcast-18393/in-defense-of-logic.md Podcast: [Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-k-12-classical-education-podcast-18393) Published: 2026-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/hillsdale-college-classical-education-podcast/in-defense-of-logic Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/d46d2119-8cf0-401c-be15-af5c00359b45/b55a04a0-3aac-4776-a963-b4160116af72/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=9f00e49b-3c48-475e-8a84-af5c00359b61 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hillsdale-college-k-12-classical-education-podcast-18393/episodes/in-defense-of-logic Duration seconds: 1351 ## Resource Paul Mittermeier, Upper School Humanities teacher at Cincinnati Classical Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss the importance of formal logic, why formal logic plays such an important role in classical education, and how formal logic helps student improve their reading comprehension. Learn more:  https://k12.hillsdale.edu/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hillsdale-college-k-12-classical-education-podcast-18393/episodes/in-defense-of-logic/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-k-12-classical-education-podcast-18393/in-defense-of-logic.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.