Tentative Schedule
Key to Writing Errors and Abbreviations
Date Reading Homework Topic
I. Introduction to Logic
W 1/23 Introduction to course
M 1/28 Plato’s Euthyphro Definitions
W 1/30 4-19 1.2, 1.4-5 Basic Concepts
M 2/4 124-143 4.2-3 Judging
the Truth of Premises
II. Ancient Logic
A. Categorical Logic: Reasoning about the Relationship of Groups
W 2/6 246-261 7.1-2, 7.4 Categorical
Statements and Venn Diagrams
M 2/11 261-270 7.6-7 Categorical Syllogisms and Validity
W 2/13 49-53 7.8, Handouts Relativism and Skepticism
Translation Rules and
Practice Exercises
M 2/18 President’s Birthdays
W 2/20 Quiz 1 443-458 11.3-5 Moral Reasoning
B. Inductive Generalization: Looking for Patterns
M 2/25 279-291 8.1-2, 8.4-5,
CS Portfolio Inductive
Generalization
III. Medieval Logic
C. Argument from Analogy: Reasoning from Similarities
W 2/27 296-302 8.6-7 Argument from Analogy
D. Informal Fallacies: Bad Arguments that Appear to be Good Arguments
M 3/3 174-187 5.2 Fallacies
with Irrelevant Premises Fallacy Links
W 3/5 187-194,
36-49 5.3-4, 2.3 Fallacies with
Unacceptable Premises
M 3/10 129-136, 143-158 4.4, Handout, cont.
W 3/12 Midterm Exam
M 3/17 Spring Break
W 3/19 Spring Break
VI. Modern Logic
E. Propositional Logic: Reasoning about the Relationship of Statements
M 3/24 (Withdrawal Deadline) 212-222 6.2-4 Connectives and Truth Values
W 3/26 226-233 6.8 (1-6, 9), Handout Truth Tables as a Test for Validity
M 3/31 Handout1, Handout 2 cont.
F. Causal Reasoning and Inference to the Best Explanation: Explaining Unusual Occurrences
W 4/2 336-343 9.2, 9.4-5 Explanations vs. Arguments
M 4/7 305-321 8.8-10 Causal Arguments
W 4/9 Handout Correlation and Explanation in IG and AA
M 4/14 347-373 9.7-8, 9.9 (except ‘E’), Criteria for Good Theories
W 4/16 383-404 10.2-4 Scientific Theories
M 4/21 409-430, Handout 10.8-10, IBE Portfolio Judging Unusual Theories
Video Debunking the Paranormal
V. Using Arguments in the Real World
W 4/23 Quiz 2 82-85, 95-108 3.4 (all), 3.8-9 Enthymemes and Argument Diagramming
M 4/28 Essays 1, 2, 5 Diagram Essays Argument Application,
Complex Arguments
467-469, 474-475 AA Portfolio
W 4/30 Essays 8, 11, 12 Diagram Essays Complex Arguments cont.
480-482, 489-491
M 5/5 Handout Handout, IG Portfolio Group Presentations
W 5/7 Handout Handout Group Presentations
Final Exams Sec. 1 (2 pm class) W 5/14 12:45
– 2:45 pm
Sec. 2 (4:45 pm class) W 5/14 5:15 – 7:15 pm