Reading Assignments and Problem Sets for Fall 2003 PHI 112. Version 1.0 Dated 08/03/03

08/18/03          Class orientation, Syllabus, class room policies

08/20/03          History of philosophy and place of logic

08/25/03          Chapter 1: Basic Concepts

08/27/03          Chapter 2: Identifying Arguments

09/01/03          Labor Day Holiday: No Class

09/03/03          Chapter 2: Well crafted Arguments

09/08/03          Chapter 3: Logic and Language

09/10/03          Chapter 3: Using Definitions to Evaluate Arguments

09/15/03          Chapter 4: Informal Fallacies

09/17/03          Chapter 4: Fallacies involving unwarranted assumptions

09/22/03          Chapter 5: Categorical Logic: Statements

09/24/03          Chapter 5: Further Immediate Inferences

09/29/03          Chapter 6: Categorical Logic: Syllogisms

10/01/03          Chapter 6: sections 6.4 and 6.5

10/06/03          Chapter 7: Statement Logic: Truth Trees

10/08/03          Chapter 7: sections 7.3 and 7.4

10/13/03          Chapter 7: section 7.5

10/15/03          Midterm Exam

10/20/03          Chapter 8: Statement Logic: Proofs

10/22/03          Chapter 8: section 8.3

10/27/03          Chapter 8: section 8.4

10/29/03          Chapter 8: cont.

11/03/03          Chapter 8: section 8.5

11/05/03          Chapter 8: section 8.6

11/10/03          Chapter 9: Predicate Logic

11/12/03          Chapter 9: section 9.3

11/17/03          Chapter 9: section 9.4

11/19/03          Chapter 9: cont.

11/24/03          Thanksgiving Break: No Class

11/26/03          Thanksgiving Break: No Class

12/01/03          Catch up day

12/03/03          Review for Final

Final per final schedule printed in the Class Registration Directory

Please note that this is an ambitious schedule.  We may need to adjust this schedule based on the pace of the course and the needs of the class.  It will be imperative that you communicate with me about the pace of the course.  If we are going to fast through these concepts, it rests on your shoulders to inform me.