Syllabus.

Below you will find my lecture notes in a manner that can be easily downloaded and printed. Bring these with you to class, if you wish, so that you will not have to focus attention on taking notes while lecture is occurring. These are not meant to be a substitute for the text, but rather a supplement to it.

Elements of Logic.

Ten Sure Steps.

Homework:

• I.1: 1-10 (odd only). Put each of these into standard form using the nine-steps approach.
• I.2: 1-20 (odd only). Follow the directions in the book explicitly.

Terms to Know: logic, argument, sentence vs. statement, premise, conclusion, argument vs. explanation.

The Two Parameters

Induction & Deduction

A Closer Look at Statements

Homework:

• I.3: 1.1-30 (all)
• I.4: III.1-20 (all)

Terms to Know: Induction vs. deduction, validity vs. strength, soundness vs. cogency, fallacy.

Basics of Diagramming

Ten Diagrammatical Tips

Homework:

• I.6: 1-10.

Terms to know: None!

Meaning

Definition

Homework:

• 2.2: 1 (all) & 4 (all)
• 2.3: I 1-25
• 2.4: I 1-30

Terms to know: Ambiguity vs. vagueness, extensional vs. intentional meaning.

Homework: Do each of the following.

Conditionals       Diagramming1    Diagramming2

Categorical Statements 1

• Homework: 4.1 (1-8) & 4.2 (I.IV)

Terms to Know: Categorical statement.

Categorical Statements 2

• Homework: 4.3 (I & II) & 4.7 (I & II)

Six Rules for Validity

Homework:

• 5.1: I.1-5 & III.1-5.
• 5.2: I.1-10 & III.1-10.

Terms to Know: Syllogism, categorical syllogism, major term, minor term, middle term.

Lecture 9 will be done entirely in class.

TF Logic I

TF Logic II

TF Logic III

Homework:

• 6.1: I.1-15.
• 6.2: I.1-10 & III.1-15.
• 6.3: I.1-10 & II.1-10.
• 6.4: I.1 (1-10)
• 6.5: I.1 (1-10)

Problem of Induction

Types of Cause

Mill Methods

Causal Fallacies

Homework:

9.2: I (1-10), II (1-10), & III (1-5)

Probability

Extra Credit Assignment (5 points added to your total score only if every problem is done correctly!)

Homework:

• 9.3: I (all) & II (1.12).

Do not read the material on Bayes' theorem.

Terms to Know: Dependent events, independent events, mutually exclusive events

Scientific Models     H-D Method

Examples of H-D     Hypothesis Generation

Conditions of Adequacy

Scientific Experiments

Terms to Know: Theory, Hypothetico-Deductive method, hypothesis, prediction,  confirmation vs. disconfirmation, Quine-Duhem Thesis, & Ockham's Razor