DUE DATE | Reading Assignment | Topic | Homework Assignment |
20-Aug | 2-10 (Logic 1) | recognizing arguments | 1B.1 2-11 |
22-Aug | 27-34 (Logic 2) | validity, truth, logical form | 1F 2-10 |
25-Aug | 166-172 (Logic 3) | categorical statements | 5A 2-5, 5B 2-5 |
27-Aug | 173-184 (Logic 4) | categorical statement relationships | 5C II, 5D 2-3 |
29-Aug | 187-195 (Logic 5) | existence, venn diagrams | 5G 2-11 |
1-Sep | vacation | – | – |
3-Sep | 201-212 (Logic 6) | translation | Take Home Exam #1 |
5-Sep | – | practice | 5I 2-15, 65-69 |
8-Sep | 218-232 | syllogism, diagrams | – |
10-Sep | – | practice | 6B 2-7 |
12-Sep | 265-274 | enthymemes, ordinary language | 6F.2 2-4, 6G 3-4 |
15-Sep | 288-293 | connectives | Take Home Exam #2 |
17-Sep | – | translations | 7A 2-15 |
19-Sep | 295-302 | WFFs and syntax | 7B.3 2-12 |
22-Sep | 304-309 | truth functionality, tables | 7C 2-20 |
24-Sep | 312-320 | truth tables | – |
26-Sep | 321-325 | contingency, equivalence | 7F 2-5 |
29-Sep | 326-330 | consistency, validity | 7G 2-4, 7H 10-12 |
1-Oct | 335-340 | indirect truth tables | 7I.1 3,7, and 11 |
3-Oct | 344-350 | argument forms, consistency | 7I.2 3-4, 7I.3 3-4 |
6-Oct | 354-361 | proof | – |
8-Oct | – | practice | 8B I. 2-8, 8B II. 2-8 |
10-Oct | 368-378 | strategy, more rules | – |
13-Oct | – | practice | 8D III. 2-6 |
15-Oct | 385-392 | substitution 1 | 8E I, II, and III 2-4 |
17-Oct | 399-405 | substitution 2 | 8F I, II, and III 2-4 |
20-Oct | 413-418 | conditional proof | 8G 2-8 |
22-Oct | 421-422 | indirect proof | 8H 2-6 |
24-Oct | – | practice and review | 8G and 8H 10-12 |
27-Oct | – | Exam | – |
29-Oct | 22-25,566-574 | Induction, generalization | 13A 2-5 |
31-Oct | 575-583 | evaluating, polls | – |
3-Nov | 583-584 | refutation | – |
5-Nov | 488-492 | analogical reasoning | 10A 2-6 |
7-Nov | 496-504 | evaluating/refuting | 10C II |
10-Nov | Moral Argument | moral arguments | – |
12-Nov | Moral Theories | moral theories | – |
14-Nov | – | moral premises | Moral Exercises |
17-Nov | 303, 304, 305, 306 | rational choices | – |
19-Nov | Expected Overall Value | expected utility | Exercise II (pp.305-306) |
21-Nov | Probability and Bayes Theorem | games of chance and Bayes’ theorem | Exercise VII (p. 297) |
24-Nov | vacation | – | – |
26-Nov | vacation | – | – |
28-Nov | vacation | – | – |
1-Dec | 118-126 | fallacies of relevance | 4A II 2-10 |
3-Dec | 130-141 | fallacies of unwarranted assumption | 4B II 2-10 |
5-Dec | 144-149 | fallacies of ambiguity or diversion | 4C II 2-10 |
8-Dec | – | review/summary | – |
finals | – | – | – |