Assignment Schedule

Date Class Topic Assignment
01.10 Welcome to the Course Study Class Syllabus
M 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
01.12 What is Philosophy? Q-1 Web Practice Sheet
W 2 Logic on the Internet http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/phil_log.html
  Divisions of Philosophy  
  Web Practice Sheet Help  
01.14 The Nature of Logic http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/nature_log.html
F 3 Logic and Reasoning  
01.17 M.\L. King, Jr. Birthday Holiday Observed
M Class does not meet  
01.19 The Structure of Arguments http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/structure.html
W 4 Statements and Nonstatements Ex 1: Statements and Nonstatements
  Premises and Conclusion http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-statements1.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ans-statements1.pdf
01.21 Premise and Conclusion Indicators http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/diagram.html
F 5 Finding the Conclusion http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/statements_quiz.html
  Entailment and Inference Q-2 Statements
  Exercise 1: Statements Ex 2: Arguments Level I
  Q-1 Web Practice Sheet due http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-arguments1.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ans-arguments1.pdf
01.24 Diagramming Arguments Review http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/diagram.html
M 6 Q-2 Statements Q-3 Indicators
  Ex 2: Arguments Level I http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/indicators_quiz.html
    Ex 3: Arguments Level II
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ex-arguments2.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ans-arguments2.pdf

Date Class Topic Assignment
01.26 Diagramming Practice http://philosophy.lander.edu/scireas/diagram_quizzes.html
W 7 Q-3 Indicators http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/diagram_quiz.html
  Ex 3: Arguments Level II Q-4 Diagramming
    Ex 4: Arguments Level III
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ex-arguments3.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ans-arguments3.pdf
01.28 Arguments and Nonarguments http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/nonarg.html
F 8 Q-4 Diagramming Ex 5: Arguments and Nonarguments
  Deductive and Inductive Arguments http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ex-nonarg.pdf
  Exercise 4: Arguments Level III http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ex-nonarg-ans.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ded_ind.html
01.31 Deduction and Induction Review http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/tvs.html
M 9 Validity and Truth Ex 6: Deduction and Induction
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ex-ded_ind.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ex-ded_ind-ans.pdf
02.02 Truth, Validity, Soundness http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/tvs_quiz.html
W 10   Q-5 Truth, Validity, Soundness
    Syllabus: Truth, Validity, Soundness
02.04 Review Exercises Syllabus: Test I Review Sheet
F 11 Q-5 Truth, Validity, Soundness http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/argument_test.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/argument_test.html
02.07 Review for Test I Study for Test I
M 12 The Structure of Arguments http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/arguments_topics.html
    Syllabus: Test I Review Sheet

02.09

Test I: The Structure of Arguments Optional: Max Shulman, ``Love is a Fallacy''
W 13   http://tinyurl.com/archie60

Date Class Topic Assignment
02.11 Forms and Functions of Language http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/form_lang.html
F 14 Performative Utterances http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/emotive.html
02.14 Emotive Language http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/emotive.html
M 15 Emotive Significance Ex 7: Emotive Language
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/emotive.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ans-emotive.pdf
02.16 Varieties of Disagreements http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/disagree.html
W 16 Language Exercises http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/lang_ex.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/scireas/varieties_test.html
  Ex 7: Emotive Language Ex 8: Disagreements
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ex-disagree1.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ans-disagree1.pdf
02.18 Informal Fallacies http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/nature_fall.html
F 17 Fallacies of Relevance I http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/agree_quiz.html
  Exercise 8: Disagreements Q-6 Varieties of Disagreement
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ignorance.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/authority.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/person.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/popular.html
    Ex 9: Relevance I
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-fallacy1.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ans-fallacy1.pdf

Date Class Topic Assignment
02.21 Fallacies of Relevance II http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/misery.html
M 18 Q-6 Varieties of Disagreement http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/force.html
  Exercise 9: Relevance I http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ignoratio.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/fallacy1_quiz.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/relevance1_quiz.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/relevance2_quiz.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/relevance3_quiz.html
    Ex 10: Relevance II
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-fallacy1a.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ans-fallacy1a.pdf
    Q-7 Fallacies of Relevance I
    Make flash-cards for Fallacies of Relevance
02.23 Fallacies of Presumption I http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/complex.html
W 19 Q-7 Fallacies of Relevance I http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/cause.html
  Ex 10: Relevance II http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/circular.html
    Ex 11: Presumption I
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-fallacy2.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ans-fallacy2.pdf
02.25 Fallacies of Presumption II http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/accident.html
F 20 Exercise 11: Presumption http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/converse.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/fallacy2_quiz.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/presumption1_quiz.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/presumption2_quiz.html
    Ex 11: Presumption I
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-fallacy2a.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ans-fallacy2a.pdf
    Q-8 Fallacies of Presumption
    Make flash-cards for Fallacies of Presumption

Date Class Topic Assignment
02.28 Spring Break Holiday
03.04.09 Class does not meet  
03.07 Review of Fallacies http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/fallacies_test.html
M 21 Q-8 Fallacies of Presumption Q-9 Great American Fallacy Contest
03.09 Q-9 Great American Fallacy Contest Review for Test II
W 22 Bring Note Cards Syllabus: Test II Review Sheet

03.11

Test II Language and Informal Fallacies Optional: Britannica CD, ``Categorical Propositions''
F 23   Optional: http://www.uv.es/EBRIT/macro/macro_5003_84_1.html
03.14 Standard Form Categorical Propositions http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/prop.html
M 24 Quantity, Quality http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/quantity_quiz.html
  Distribution Q-10 Chart for Form, Quantity, Quality, Distribution
03.16 Traditional Square of Opposition http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/square.html
W 25 Q-10 Quantity, Quality, Distribution Ex 12: Square of Opposition
  Contrariety; Subcontrariety http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-square.pdf
  Subalternation; Contradiction http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-square-ans.pdf
03.18 Moving Around the Square http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/further.html §I, §II
F 26 Conversion Obversion Contraposition Q-11 Square of Opposition
  Ex 12: Square of Opposition http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/square_quiz.html
03.21 Further Immediate Inferences http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/further.html §III
M 27 Conversion; Obversion; Contraposition Ex 13: Further Immediate Inferences
  Q-11 Square of Opposition http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex.further.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/logic/ex.further-ans.pdf
03.23 Successive Immediate Inferences http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/successive.html
W 28 Ex 13:Further Immediate Inferences Q-12 Conversion, Obversion, Contraposition
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/further_quiz.html
    Ex 14: Successive Immediate Inferences
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-successive.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/successive.html

Date Class Topic Assignment
03.25 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
  Ex 14: Successive Immediate Inferences  
03.30 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
    Ex 15: Venn Diagrams
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ex-venn_prop.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/exercises/ex-inference-ans.pdf
03.31 Review for Test III Syllabus: Test III 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
    Study for Test III
04.01.09 Test III Categorical Propositions Optional: Syllogism in the History of Logic
F 32   http://tinyurl.com/2cfbjkg

04.04

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
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-syll-terms.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/syll_prob.html
    Q-14 Syllogistic Terms
04.06 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
  Ex 16: Syllogistic Terms Ex 17: Logical Analogies for problems # 3 & #7 in Ex 16
  Logical Analogies http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_prob.html
  Venn Diagrams Exercise 18: Venn Diagrams
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-venn.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-venn-ans.pdf

Date Class Topic Assignment
04.08 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 18: Venn Diagrams  
04.11 Testing Syllogisms I http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_prob.html
M 36   Ex 19: Evaluating Syllogisms
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_practice.PDF
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_prob.html
04.13 Testing Syllogisms II http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_test.html
W 37 Ex 19: Evaluating Syllogisms http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syllogism_quiz.html
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/reduce.html
04.15 Translation http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/trans.html
F 38 Reducting Terms Ex 21: Translating and Testing Syllogisms
  Parameters http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-trans.pdf
    http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exercises/ex-trans-ans.pdf
    Q-15 Testing Syllogisms
04.18 Translation Tricks http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/trans.html
M 39 Q-15 Testing Syllogisms http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/uniform.html
  Exercise 21: Translating and Testing Syllogisms http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ordinary_test.html

Date Class Topic Assignment
04.20 Review for Test IV Syllogisms Syllabus: Test IV Review Sheet
W 40   http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ordinary_test.html
04.22 Test IV Syllogisms Office Hours Posted for Week of Finals
F 41 Syllabus Office Hours end  

04.25

Sec. 03 (9:10 Class) Final Period Summer Logic Reading
M Approved Make-up Tests Only Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
  Testing Time: 8:00-10:00 am Have a Great Summer!

Lee Archie 2011-01-07