P162 – LOGIC – SUMMER 1 – 2008 This syllabus is for the following sections: Section 7564 9:00A-12:15P MW SL 216 Section 7566 9:00A-12:15P TR IT 155 Instructor: Chris Kraatz Office: Cavanaugh Hall 333B Hours: TW 12:15-1:15, and by appointment. Phone: 317-274-5344 E-mail: ckraatz@iupui.edu Internet: http://www.iupui.edu/~philosop/ckraatz.htm ***There is no required textbook for this class.***
Course Objectives: Our ambition in this course is to accomplish these three tasks: - We will
develop a familiarity with a variety of systematic ways of reasoning
- By virtue of
the above, we will increase our aptitude for discerning the
principles - We will become mindful of the context and limits of the usefulness of logic.
Course Requirements: Lectures and discussions happen at the assigned times, attendance at all class meetings is expected. There will be 4 non-comprehensive quizzes in this class, each of which will constitute 25% of your final grade for the semester. The tentative dates for the quizzes are listed on the class schedule. Make-up quizzes must be arranged prior to the date of the original quiz.
Learning
Differences and Other Health Impairments:
Students with learning
differences or other health impairments that will interfere with
success in this class are encouraged to contact the office of
Adaptive Educational Services or the office of Counseling and
Psychological Services for assistance: AES:
http://www.life.iupui.edu/aes/ CAPS:
http://www.life.iupui.edu/caps/index.asp
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Class Schedule
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W 5/7 |
Introductory remarks about philosophy, logic and this class. ~ Propositions, truth, arguments. |
R 5/8 |
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M 5/12 |
Validity, soundness. ~ Categorical statements. |
T 5/13 |
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W
5/14 |
Immediate inferences, logical equivalence, obversion, contradiction, conversion, contraposition. ~ Categorical syllogisms. |
R 5/15 |
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M 5/19 |
Practice and review. ~ * Quiz 1 * |
T 5/20 |
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W 5/21 |
Truth functional operators. ~ Truth tables. |
R 5/22 |
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W |
Valid forms of argument. ~ Practice and review. |
T 5/27 |
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M
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** Quiz 2 ** Induction |
R
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W
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Causes and effects,
causal statements. Necessary and sufficient causal conditions. |
T 6/3 |
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M
6/9 |
Mill’s methods of
investigation. Practice and review. |
R 6/5 |
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W
6/11 |
*** Quiz 3 *** |
T
6/10 |
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M 6/16
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no class meeting |
R 6/12 |
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W
6/18 |
Practice and review. ~ **** Quiz 4 **** |
T
6/17 |