COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PHILOSOPHY

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

Course Outline : PHILOSOPHY 11 (SSP)

Course Title : LOGIC

Course Description: Techniques of formal deduction within the scope of sentential and predicate logic

Course Credit : 3 units

Prerequisite : None

  1. Introduction: Logical Syntax (Weeks 1-2)
    1. Definitions
    2. Sentences and Arguments
    3. Premises and Conclusion
    4. Deductive and Inductive Arguments

    1.5 Diagramming Arguments

  2. The Logic of Sentences (Weeks 3-5)
    1. The Formal Semantics of Sentences
      1. The Sentence
      2. Negation
      3. Conjunction
      4. Disjunction
      5. Material Conditional
      6. Biconditional
    2. Truth Table Analysis of Sentences
    3. The Shorter Truth Table Method
  3. Arguments (Weeks 6-9)
    1. The Concept of a Valid Argument
    2. Basic Valid Argument Forms
    3. Rules of Inference
    4. Rules of Replacement
    5. Conditional Proof
    6. Indirect Proof (Reductio ad Absurdum)
  4. The Logic of Predications (Weeks 10-12)
    1. The Syntax of Singular Propositions
    2. The Syntax of Categorical Propositions
    3. Quantifiers
    4. Proofs of Validity
    5. Proofs of Invalidity
  1. Resource requirements:

    2. The teaching of Philosophy 11 will not require resources beyond those already available to the Department. The Department has been teaching Philosophy 11 for decades without needing any special equipment or other resources.

  2. Number of sections:

The Department can offer at least fifteen (15) sections of Philosophy 11 every semester. Currently, the Department offers more than fifty (50) sections of Philosophy I, a required G.E. course under the old G.E. curriculum. When Philosophy I ceases to be a required G.E. course, at least 15 sections formerly allotted to Philosophy I can instead be offered in Philosophy 11.