Philosophy 105A: Introduction to Logic Jacob M. Held
Fall 2005 Cell Phone: 262-498-6237
Tues and Fri: 2:00-3:50 e-mail:
[email protected]
Room: Rankin 206 Office Hours: Tues, Fri 1:00-1:50
Required Text: The Art of Reasoning, 3rd edition, David Kelley
Course Description: This course is designed to develop critical thinking
skills. Standard areas of logic will be covered, including but not limited
to, classification, definition, informal fallacies, syllogistic logic,
propositional logic, argument structure, and analysis.
Grading: First Exam 20% (100 points)
Second Exam 20% (100 points)
Final Exam 35% (175 points)
Assignments 25% (125 points, 25 points each)
Grade Scale: 93%- 100% (465-500 points) = A
88%- 92% (440-464 points) = A/B
82%-87% (410-439 points) = B
76%-81% (380-409 points) = B/C
70%- 75% (350-379 points) = C
64%- 69% (320-349 points) = D
63% & below (319 or less) = F
Assignments: There will be frequent homework assignments. Not all
assignments will be collected and graded. At five unannounced times during
the semester I will collect the assignments. The grades from these
collected assignments will constitute your assignment grade for the course.
You may work with others on your assignments
Exams: Exams will consist of multiple choice, true/false, short answer and
problem sets. The final exam is cumulative. Exams will be open book. No
other resource may be used other than the course text book.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is not graded. However, it is expected and if
you miss an assignment or exam due to an absence you will only be allowed
to make it up if you were excusably absent. Excusable absences are absence
due to: family emergency, debilitating illness, or participation in
university sanctioned events. I will require documentation verifying your
reasons for being absent.
Academic Honesty and Integrity: The College is an academic community
dedicated to the intellectual, social and ethical development of its
members. All students are expected to strive for integrity in both academic
and non-academic pursuits. Plagiarism, deception, and fraud violate the
integrity of the student and the College. Academic dishonesty will not be
tolerated in any degree or form.
Schedule (Tentative) All assignments are due the following class unless
otherwise noted:
9/2 Introduction and syllabus; Assign: Read Chapter 2
9/6 Classification; Assign: pp. 28-30 Exercises A 1-5, B, D 1-3, E 4;
Read Chapter
3, pp.33-45.
9/9 Review Homework; Rules of Definition; Assign: Finish Chapter 3
9/13 Constructing Definitions; Assign: pp. 53-7 Exercises A 1-10, B 1-
5, D, F 1-5;
Read Chapter 4
9/16 Review Homework; Propositions; Assign: pp. 79-83 Exercises A 1-10,
B 1-5,
C, D 1-3; Read Chapter 5 pp. 87-105.
9/20 Review Homework; Arguments and Diagramming; Assign: Finish Chapter
5
9/23 Arguments continued; Assign: pp. 116-123 Exercises A 1-7, B, C 1-
5, E 1-3;
Read Chapter 7 pp. 167-180.
9/27 Review Homework, Advanced Argument Analysis; Assign: Finish
Chapter 7.
9/30 Continued Argument Analysis; Assign: pp. 186-90 A 1-3, B 3, F
(Issue: Death
Penalty)
10/4 Review Homework, Review for exam; Assign: Study for Exam
10/7 First Exam; Assign: Read Chapter 6
10/11 Fallacies; Assign: pp. 157-165 Exercises A 1-15, B 1-5, C 5-15;
Read Chapter 8
pp. 195-207, 221-227.
10/14 Review Homework, Go over Exam, Deductive Logic; Assign: pp. 227-231
Exercises A, D; Read Chapter 9 pp. 233-243.
10/18 Categorical Syllogisms; Assign: Finish Chapter 9
10/21 Mid-Semester Break – No Class
10/25 Review Homework, Refresh, Categorical Syllogisms; Assign: Read
Chapter 10
10/28 Hypothetical and Disjunctive Syllogisms; Assign: pp. 295-9
Exercises A; Read
Chapter 12 pp. 333-342.
11/1 Review Homework, Intro to Propositional Logic (Modern Deductive);
Assign:
Finish Chapter 12
11/4 Propositional Logic, Truth Tables; Assign: pp. 355-9 Exercises A 1-
10. B 1-5, E
1- 5; Read Chapter 13 pp. 361-380.
11/8 Propositional Logic – Arguments; Assign: Finish Chapter 13
11/11 Propositional Logic – Arguments continued; Assign: pp. 396-403
Exercises A 1-
5, B 5-10, D
11/15 Review Homework, Review for Exam
11/18 Second Exam; Assign: Read Chapter 14 pp. 405-425
11/22 Intro to Predicate Logic; Assign: Finish Chapter 14
11/25 Thanksgiving Break – No Class
11/29 Predicate Logic continued; Assign: None
12/2 Predicate Logic conclusion; Assign: pp. 442-9 Exercises A 1-5, D 1-
5, F 1; Read
Chapter 17
12/6 Statistical reasoning; Assign: Study for Exam
12/9 Last Day of Class – Review for Final Exam
Final Exam is on Tuesday, December 13th at 1:00 p.m.
