Fall 2023

Logic

Listed in: Philosophy, as PHIL-213

Faculty

Alexander George (Sections 01, 01F, 02F and 03F)

Description

"All philosophers are wise and Socrates is a philosopher; therefore, Socrates is wise." Our topic is this mysterious "therefore." We shall expose the hidden structure of everyday statements on which the correctness of our reasoning turns. To aid us, we shall develop a logical language that makes this underlying structure more perspicuous. We shall also examine fundamental concepts of logic and use them to explore the logical properties of statements and the logical relations between them. This is a first course in formal logic, the study of correct reasoning; no previous philosophical, mathematical, or logical training needed.

One communal lecture and two small-group practice meetings each week.  There will be three practice sections, each limited to 15 students and section 1 being restricted to first-years.

Fall semester. Professor A. George.

How to handle overenrollment: -

Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: emphasis on written work, readings, independent research, group work and class participation

PHIL 213 - LEC

Section 01
Tu 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM BEBU 107

PHIL 213 - DIS

Section 01F
W 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM COOP 201
F 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM COOP 201

Section 02F
W 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM COOP 201
F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM COOP 201

Section 03F
W 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM COOP 201
F 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM COOP 201

This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.

Section(s) ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
All Deductive Logic Hackett Publishing Company Warren Goldfarb Amherst Books TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

Other years: Offered in Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024