Week 13/14: Intro to Modal Logic & Law of Noncontradiction

1. Read: SEP, "Modal Logic," especially sections 1-6:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-modal/

2. Read: SEP: "Contradiction."

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/contradiction/


Reminder: Test 2, Monday, May 2.

Week 12: Induction

1. Read: Hurley, 9.2 (Causality) and 9.5 (Hypothetical reasoning).

2. Reminder: Drafts of papers due on Friday, April 15th.

3. Reminder #2: Quiz #2 on May 2nd.

Week 11: Ought Implies Can

1. Readings: Vranas, "I Ought, Therefore, I Can."

 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40208771

And, Gerol Petruzella's response:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sH0OLTNdZ789oU-zJrKC8g8_6x_wsfxS9nah263wGkg/edit

Week 10: Predicate Logic

Read: Chapter 8, Hurley

Week 9: ND, cont. & Predicate Logic

1. 7.4 - 7.6.  (Monday and Wednesday)

2. Begin Chapter 8.  (Friday)

3. Reminder: Paper topics due by Friday.

Week 7: Exam 1, Natural Deduction, and Essay Writing

1. Reminder: Exam 1 is scheduled for this coming Wednesday (Fallacy identification and all substantive methods of determining validity/invalidity covered to date).

2. We will continue to work through chapter 7 on Monday and Friday.

3. Give some thought to potential paper topics (critical essays, approximately 5-7 pages in length, taking up some issue in logic proper or (inclusively) employing some of the methods of logical argumentation we are reviewing/learning.  Topics are otherwise unrestricted.

Deadlines:

a. I will ask to see and approve individual proposals (a paragraph or two is adequate) on or before March 25th.
b. I will ask to see and subsequently comment on a draft on or before April 15th.
c. Papers are due on the final day we meet.

Week 5 and 6: Propositional Logic

Read Chapters 6-7.

Do all exercises as necessary; bring specific concerns/troublesome problems to class.