| Date | Class Topic | Assignment |
| 09.03.08 | Welcome to the Course | Study Class Syllabus |
| W 1 | Purpose of the Course | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syllabus.html |
| How to Study for this Course | ``How to Study'' | |
| Course Requirements | http://philosophy.lander.edu/study-topics.html | |
| 09.05.08 | What is Philosophy? | Q-1 Web Practice Sheet |
| F 2 | Logic on the Internet | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/phil_log.html |
| Divisions of Philosophy | ||
| Web Practice Sheet Help | ||
| 09.08.08 | The Nature of Logic | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/nature_log.html |
| M 3 | Logic and Reasoning | |
| 09.10.08 | The Structure of Arguments | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/structure.html |
| W 4 | Statements and Nonstatements | Exercise 1: Statements |
| Premises and Conclusion | http://philosophy.lander.edu/scireas/statements_test.html | |
| 09.12.08 | Premise and Conclusion Indicators | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/diagram.html |
| F 5 | Finding the Conclusion | Exercise 2: Arguments Level I |
| Entailment and Inference | Q-2 Statements | |
| Exercise 1: Statements | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/statements_quiz.html | |
| Q-1 Web Practice Sheet due | ||
| 09.15.08 | Diagramming Arguments | Review http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/diagram.html |
| M 6 | Q-2 Statements | Exercise 3: Arguments Level II |
| Exercise 2: Arguments Level I | Q-3 Indicators | |
| http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/indicators_quiz.html | ||
| 09.17.08 | Diagramming Practice | http://philosophy.lander.edu/scireas/diagram_quizzes.html |
| W 7 | Q-3 Indicators | Exercise 4: Arguments Level III |
| Exercise 3: Arguments Level II | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/diagram_quiz.html | |
| Q-4 Diagramming |
| Date | Class Topic | Assignment |
| 09.19.08 | Arguments and Nonarguments | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/nonarg.html |
| F 8 | Q-4 Diagramming | |
| Deductive and Inductive Arguments | Exercise 5: Arguments and Nonarguments | |
| Exercise 4: Arguments Level III | ||
| 09.22.08 | Class Does Not Meet | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ded_ind.html |
| M 9 | http://philosophy.lander.edu/scireas/induction_quizzes.html | |
| 09.24.08 | Class Does Not Meet | Exercise 6: Deduction and Induction |
| W 10 | ||
| 09.26.08 | Deduction and Induction Review | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/tvs.html |
| F 11 | Exercise 5: Arguments and Nonarguments | |
| Exercise 6: Deduction and Induction | ||
| 09.29.08 | Truth, Validity, Soundness | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/tvs_quiz.html |
| M 12 | Q-5 Truth, Validity, Soundness | |
| Syllabus: Truth, Validity, Soundness | ||
| 10.01.08 | Review Exercises | Syllabus: Test 1 Review Sheet |
| W 13 | Q-5 Truth, Validity, Soundness | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/argument_test.html |
| http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/argument_test.html | ||
| 10.03.08 | Review for Test I | Review for Test 1 |
| F 14 | The Structure of Arguments | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/arguments_topics.html |
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10.06.08 |
Test 1: The Structure of Arguments | Optional Browse Fallacy Files |
| M 15 | Optional http://www.fallacyfiles.org/index.html | |
| 10.08.08 | Forms and Functions of Language | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/form_lang.html |
| W 16 | Performative Utterances | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/emotive.html |
| Emotive Language | Exercise 7: Emotive Language | |
| 10.11.08 | Varieties of Disagreements | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/disagree.html |
| F 17 | Language Exercises | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/lang_ex.html |
| http://philosophy.lander.edu/scireas/varieties_test.html | ||
| Exercise7: Emotive Language | Exercise 8: Disagreements |
| Date | Class Topic | Assignment |
| 10.22.08 | Q-9 Great American Fallacy Contest | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/fallacies_test.html |
| W 22 | Q-8 Fallacies of Presumption | Syllabus: Test 2 Review Sheet |
|
10.24.08 |
Test II Language and Informal Fallacies | |
| F 23 | ||
| 10.27.08 | Review of Test II | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/prop.html |
| M 24 | Standard Form Categorical Propositions | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/quantity_quiz.html |
| Q-10 Quantity, Quality, Distribution | ||
| 10.29.08 | Traditional Square of Opposition | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/square.html |
| W 25 | Q-10 Quantity, Quality, Distribution | |
| Contrariety; Subcontrariety | Exercise 12: Square of Opposition | |
| Subalternation; Contradiction | ||
| 10.31.08 | Moving Around the Square | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/further.html I, II |
| F 26 | Conversion and Obversion | Q-11 Square of Opposition |
| Contraposition | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/square_quiz.html | |
| Exercise 12: Square of Opposition | ||
| 11.03.08 | Further Immediate Inferences | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/further.html III |
| M 27 | Conversion; Obversion; Contraposition | Exercise 13: Further Inferences |
| Q-11 Square of Opposition | ||
| 11.05.08 | Successive Immediate Inferences | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/successive.html |
| W 28 | Exercise 13: Further Inferences | Q-12 Conversion, Obversion, Contraposition |
| http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/further_quiz.html | ||
| Exercise 14: Successive Immediate Inferences | ||
| 11.07.08 | Strategies for Successive Inferences | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/strategies.html |
| F 29 | Q-12 Conversion, Obversion, Contraposition | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/successive_quiz.html |
| Exercise 14: Successive Immediate Inferences |
| Date | Class Topic | Assignment |
| 11.10.08 | Ordinary Language Inferences | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/inferences_ex.html |
| M 30 | Venn Diagrams for Propositions | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/venn_prop.html |
| Q-13 Venn Diagrams | ||
| Exercise 15: Venn Diagrams | ||
| 11.12.08 | Review for Test III | Syllabus: Test 3 Review Sheet |
| W 31 | Exercise 15: Venn Diagrams | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/proposition_topics.html |
| Q-13 Venn Diagrams | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/prop_test.html | |
| 11.14.08 | Test III Categorical Propositions | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism |
| F 32 | ||
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11.17.08 |
Review of Test III | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_terms.html |
| M 33 | Syllogistic Terms I | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/terms_quiz.html |
| Exercise 16: Syllogistic Terms | ||
| Q-14 Syllogistic Terms | ||
| 11.19.08 | Syllogistic Terms II | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_terms_review.html |
| W 34 | Q-14 Syllogistic Terms | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_analogy.html |
| Exercise 16: Syllogistic Terms | Exercise 17: Logical Analogies for problems in Exercise 16 | |
| Logical Analogies | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_prob.html | |
| Venn Diagrams | Exercise 18: Venn Diagrams | |
| 11.21.08 | Syllogistic Fallacies I | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_fall.html |
| F 35 | Four Term Fallacy | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/four_fall.html |
| Undistributed Middle | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/middle_fall.html | |
| Illicit Minor and Major | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/illicit_fall.html | |
| Exclusive Premisses | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exclusive_fall.html | |
| Affirm. Conclusion From Neg.Premiss | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/conclusion_fall.html | |
| Existential Fallacy | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/existential_fall.html | |
| Exercise 17: Logical Analogies | Exercise 19: Standard Form Syllogism Fallacies | |
| Exercise 18: Venn Diagrams | ||
| 11.24.08 | Testing Syllogisms I | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_prob.html |
| M 36 | Translation | Exercise 20: Venn Diagrams for Exercise 19 |
| Exercise 19: Syllogistic Fallacies | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/trans.html |
| Date | Class Topic | Assignment |
|
11.26.08 |
Thanksgiving Break | |
| 11.28.08 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| 12.01.08 | Testing Syllogisms II | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_test.html |
| M 37 | Translation | Q-15 Testing Syllogisms |
| Exercise 20: Venn Diagrams | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syllogism_quiz.html | |
| http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/reduce.html | ||
| http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ordinary_test.html | ||
| Exercise 21: Translating and Testing Syllogisms | ||
| 12,03.08 | Review for Test IV Syllogisms | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/trans.html |
| W 38 | Q-15 Testing Syllogisms | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ordinary_test.html |
| Translation Tricks | http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/uniform.html | |
| Exercise 21: Translating and Testing Syllogisms | Syllabus: Test 4 Review Sheet | |
| 12.05.08 | Test IV Syllogisms | Office Hours Posted for Week of Finals |
| F 39 | Syllabus Office Hours end | |
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12.08.08 |
Sec. 03 (10:10 am Class) Final Exam Period | Christmas Logic Reading |
| M | Approved Make-up Tests Only | Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid |
| Testing Time: 08:00-10:00 am | Have a Great Christmas! | |
| 12.12.08 | Sec. 07 (11:30 Class) Final Exam Period | Christmas Logic Reading |
| F | Approved Make-up Tests Only | Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid |
| Testing Time: 11:00-01:00 pm | Have a Great Christmas! |