Formal Logic I
Spring 2012
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Instructor: Scott Weinstein
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Lectures
- MWF 10:00-11:00, Cohen 402
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Teaching Interns
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Zachary Charles
- Office Hours/Group Tutorial Sessions:
- T 3:30-5:00. Location: Williams 25
- R 6:30-8:00. Location: 2/16-3/1: DRLB A5,
3/15-4/12: DRLB A6,
4/19: DRLB A8
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Samuel Connolly
- Office Hours/Group Tutorial Sessions:
- M 3:30-5:00. Location: Williams 27
- R 7:00-8:30. Location: Williams 305
Text
Deductive Logic
Warren Goldfarb
Hackett, 2003, ISBN 0872206602
We plan to cover sections 1-41 of the text. Lecture notes for additional topics will be distributed from time to time.
- Week 1: Sections 1-11
- Week 2: Sections 12-16
- Week 3: Sections 18-24
- Week 4: Sections 25-27
- Week 5: Review weeks 1-4
- Weeks 6-8: Sections 28-31 & 41
- Weeks 9-11: Sections 32-34 & 41
- Weeks 12-14: Sections 35-40
Course Requirements and Grades
There will be weekly problem sets,
examinations in class on Friday, February 10 and Friday, March 23, and a
final examination on Tuesday, May 1, 12:00-2:00 pm. 20% of the final grade will
be based on the problem sets, 40% on the exams in class, and 40% on the
final exam.
Problem sets will generally be assigned on Friday and will be due by 11:00 am
the subsequent Friday. Students should submit their problem sets at the end of
class on Friday or place them in the Teaching Interns' mailbox in Cohen 433
before the deadline of 11:00 am. Late problem sets will be
accepted, with a fifteen point penalty, until 9:45 am on the following Monday.
Problem Sets
A complete collection of problem sets and practice examinations for Spring Term, 2011 may be found at 005_11.html.