Bradley Rettler
Logic (in progress)
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Bradley Rettler
CONTACT: rettlerb@gmail.com
OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday 12:30-1:30, Thursday 3:30-4:30, and by appointment
OFFICE: Morrison Hall 220
MAILBOX: Morrison Hall 212
Course Website: http://logic.bradleyrettler.com
Resources
Schedule and Readings
Read An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Feb 2
All homework can be found here
TAKE-HOME EXAM (Due May 3, Noon). Work alone!
INTRODUCTION TO REASONING
Jan 12: Syllabus, What is an argument?
Jan 14: No Class
Jan 19: Arguments, Premises, Conclusions (1-12)
Recognizing Arguments (13-29)
Deduction and Induction (30-40)
Expository Paragraph Examples
Jan 21: Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency (41-53)
Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity (54-62)
Justin McBrayer - Why Our Children Think There are no Moral Facts
INFORMAL FALLACIES
Jan 26: Fallacies in General (63-65)
Relevance (66-83)
Jan 28: No Class
Feb 2: Weak Induction (84-99)
Presumption, Ambiguity, Illicit Transference (100-121)
Feb 4: Fallacies in Ordinary Language (122-138)
Review for Exam
Feb 9: EXAM #1 (includes Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments)
CATEGORICAL LOGIC
Feb 11: Components of Categorical Propositions (139-141)
Quality, Quantity, and Distribution (142-146)
Feb 16: Venn Diagrams (146-156)
Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition (156-166)
Feb 18: The Traditional Square of Opposition (166-175)
Translating Ordinary Language Statements into Categorical Form (176-188)
Feb 23: Standard Form, Mood, and Figure (189-196)
Feb 25: Venn Diagrams (197-208)
March 1: Rules and Fallacies (209-215)
Ordinary Language Arguments (220-222)
March 3: EXAM #2
March 8: No Class
March 10: No Class
PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC
March 15: Symbols and Translation (237-249)
March 17: Introduction to Truth Tables
Truth Functions (250-257)
March 22: Truth Tables for Propositions (258-266)
Truth Tables for Arguments (267-273)
March 24: Argument Forms and Fallacies (283-301)
March 29: Rules of Implication I (302-313)
March 31: Rules of Implication I (302-313)
April 5: Rules of Implication II (314-322)
April 7: Rules of Replacement I (323-335)
April 12: No Class -- Diadeloso
April 14: Rules of Replacement II (336-348)
April 19: Propositional Logic Review
April 21: EXAM #3
APPLICATIONS OF LOGIC
April 26: Logic on the LSAT
April 28: Extensions of Logic: predicate, modal, counterfactual, tense