PHIL 110 Introduction to Logic and Reasoning

Spring Semester 2012 | Day | Burnaby

INSTRUCTOR  Phil Hanson, WMC 5658

REQUIRED TEXT

• Logic and Philosophy: A Modern Introduction 11^th edition.  Alan Hausman, Howard Kahane, and Paul Tidman, Wadsworth, 2010.
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is an introduction to so-called "Standard First Order Logic", which includes the formal logic of truth functions, predicates, quantifiers over objects, and identity. There will be an emphasis on the uses of such logic to model or represent aspects of natural language deductive reasoning.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

•        Homework assignments: 4x5% each – 20%
•        First in-class midterm–15%
•        Second in-class  midterm–25%     
•        Final–40%
  

Note: Philosophy 110 has no prerequisites.  Philosophy 110 may be applied to the Q-requirement.