PHIL 210 Symbolic Logic
T TR 3b (10:20 AM - 11:30 PM)
Classroom:
Zinzendorf 103
Instructor: Dr. Bernie Cantens
Office: Zinzendorf 203
Phone/E-Mail: (610) 861-1589/ bcantens@moravian.edu
Web
Page: http://berniephilosophy.com//
Office Hours: T and
TR 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
W 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Text
The
Power of Logic (4th Edition) Editors Frances Howard-Snyder, Daniel Howard Snyder and Ryan Wasserman (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2009)
ISBN 978-0-07-3407737-1
Course Description:
In-depth analysis of various types of arguments, including those in knowledge theory
and ethics, which relate to professional and social issues; verbal puzzles; categorizing schemas.
Learning Outcomes/Competency
The following outcomes are expected of students who complete this course:
1)- Understand the nature of reasoning.
2)- Articulate his/her thoughts in a logical and clear fashion.
3)-
Recognize fallacies
4)- Construct good arguments.
5)- Evaluate deductive arguments.
6)-
Evaluate inductive arguments.
Topics:
1)-
Basic Logical Concepts
2)- Identifying Arguments
3)- Informal Fallacies
5)-
Categorical Logic
6)- Statement Logic
7)- Statement Logic Proofs
Learning Methods:
Readings, lectures, discussions, exercises, and exams.
Attendance
Policy:
Attendance is mandatory. Students
will lose 1 point for every unexcused absence up to a possible 5 points. Students can make up lost points in unexcused absences
by actively participating in class discussions. Unexcused absences included only the following: (1) sickness with a doctor's
note, (2) death in the family or (3) some other extraordinary event.
Academic Dishonesty Policy
See Student Handbook pp. 32 - 38
Student Behavior:
See Student Handbook pp. 38 - 40
Disability
Students
who wish to request accommodations in this class for a disability should contact Mr. Joe Kempfer, Assistant Director of Learning
Services for Disability Support, 1307 Main Street (extension 1510). Accommodations cannot be provided until authorization
is received from the office of Learning Services.
Grading/Measures of evaluations:
Test 1: February 3 20%
Test 2: February 22 20%
Test 3: March 22 20%
Test 4: April 7 20%
Test 5: May 5 (8:30 AM) 20%
Extra
Credit
Students will have the opportunity of earning up
to a maximum of 3 extra credit points. Students who attend 3 philosophy club meetings, or other selected meetings with philosophical
content (must be approved by professor beforehand), will earn 3 extra credit points. If you only attend 1 or 2 meetings you
will receive no extra credit.
A 100-95; A- 94-90; B+ 89-87; B 86-84; B- 83-80; C+ 79-77; C 76-74; C- 73-70;
D+ 69-67; D 66-64; D- 63-60; F <59
PROGRAM AND READING ASSIGNMENTS
DATE | TOPIC | HOME WORK DUE |
| BASIC CONCEPTS | |
January 18 | Introduction | |
January
20 | 1.1 Validity and Soundness | |
January 25 | 1.2
Forms and Validity Some Logic | 1.1(A)
All; 1.1(B) All 1.1(C) All; 1.1(D) All |
January
27 | 1.3Counterexamples and invalidity 1.4 Strength
and Cogency | 1.2(A) 1-30; 1.2(B) 1-15 1.2(C)
1-15; 1.2(D) 1-15 |
February 1 | Review | 1.3(A)
1-10; 1.3(B) 1-10; 1.4(A) All; 1.4(B) All; 1.4(C) All |
February 3 | TEST 1 | |
| IDENTIFYING ARGUMENTS | |
February 8 | 2.1 Arguments and Nonarguments 2.2
Well-Crafted Arguments | |
| INFORMAL FALLACIES | |
February 10 | 4.1 Fallacies of Irrelevance 4.2
Fallacies of Ambiguity | 2.1(A) 1-25; 2.1(B) 1-10 2.2(A)1-10 |
February 15 | 4.3 Fallacies Involving Unwarranted
Assumptions | 4.1(A) 1-20; 4.1(B) All; 4.2(A)
All |
February 17 | Review | 4.3(a) All |
February 22 | TEST 2 | |
February 24 | No Class | |
| CATEGORICAL LOGIC | |
March 1 | 5.1 Standard Forms of Categorical
Statements 5.2 Traditional Square of Opposition 5.3 Further Immediate Inferences | |
| CATEGORICAL LOGIC: SYLLOGISM | |
March 3 | 6.1
Standard Form, Mood, and Figure 6.2 Venn Diagrams and Categorical
Statements 6.3 Venn Diagrams and Categorical
Syllogisms | 5.1(A) 1-10; 5.2(A) 1-15 5.2(B)
1-10; 5.2(C) 1-4 |
March 8 | Recess | |
March 10 | Recess | |
March 15 | 6.4
Modern Square of Opposition | 6.1(A) 1-10; 6.1(B) 1-15 6.3(A)
1-10 |
March 17 | Review | 6.4(A) 1-5 |
March 22 | TEST 3 | |
| STATEMENT LOGIC | |
March
24 | 7.1 Symbolizing English Arguments 7.2 Truth Tables | |
March
29 | 7.3 Truth Tables and Arguments | 7.1(A)
1-20; 7.1(C) 1-10 7.1(D) 1-10; 7.2(A) 1-25 |
March 31 | 7.5 Logically Significant Categories | 7.3(A,B)
1-20 |
April 5 | Review | 7.5
(A,B,C, 1-10) |
April 7 | TEST 4 | |
| STATEMENT LOGIC: PROOFS | |
April 12 | 8.1
Implicational Rules of Inference | |
April 14 | 8.2
Five Equivalence Rules 8.3 Five More Equivalent Rules | 8.1(A) 1-10; 8.1(C) 1-20 8.1(D)
1-25 |
April 19 | 8.4 Conditional Proofs 8.5 Reductio
ad Absurdum | 8.2(C) 1-10; 8.2(D) 1-10 8.3(C) 1-10; 8.3(D) 1-10 |
April
21 | 8.6
Proving Theorems | 8.4(A) 1-20; 8.5(A) 1-10 |
April
26 | 8.6
Proving Theorems (continued) | 8.6(A) 1-20; 8.6(B) Challenging
Theorems |
April 28 | Review | |
May 5 Thursday 8:30 AM | TEST 5 | |
