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Class Assignments

Phil. 103 Introduction to Logic

Department of History and Philosophy

Lander University, Greenwood, SC

Spring, 2009 Version 1.0 ©c2009 GFDL

1 HOW TO READ THE DAILY SCHEDULE

How to Read the Daily Schedule

Assignment Schedule

Version 1.

Note

: The following assignment schedule is subject to revision and is intended tobe a general guide to the assignmentsthis semester.

The assignment written

on the board at the beginning of eachclass takes precedence over this sched-ule.

As the semester progresses, for the most recent version of our class schedule,check this URI (Internet address):

http://philosophy.lander.edu/ logic/assignment.html If an update to the schedule is available,the version number will be a numberhigher than

Version 1.

.^

(For example,

the first revision, if there is one, will be

labeled

Version 1.

) In the “Date” col-

umn, the number after

M

,^ W

, or

F

is the

number sequence of the class, countingfrom the beginning of the semester.

M

W

. and

F

stand for “Monday,” “Wednes-

day,” and “Friday” respectively.In the “Class Topic” column, the sub-jects

covered

by

that

day’s

class

are

listed, together with important assign-ments due on that day, including quizzesand tests.

The “Assignment” column

lists the day an assignment is assigned, not

the day the assignment is due.

As-

signments are due at the beginning of thenext class meeting period unless statedotherwise.The

reading

assignments

refer

to

the

URLs or the Internet addresses of onlinereadings. You may also access the read-ings in by navigating to this URI andfollowing the menus presented:

http://philosophy.lander.edu/ logic/ This URI is the Homepage for our course.The logic tutorials and other notes aremade available by clicking the appropri-ate course topic in the column to theright entitled “Course Topics.”Additional help is available with the ex-ample

online

tests,

quizzes,

and

logic

links, not listed below in this assignmentsheet, but accessible from the Introduc-tion to Logic Homepage.

Date

Class Topic

Assignment

Arguments and Nonarguments

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/nonarg.html

F 8

Q-4 Diagramming Deductive and Inductive Arguments

Exercise 5

: Arguments and Nonarguments

Exercise 4

: Arguments Level III

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ded_ind.html

Deduction and Induction Review

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/tvs.html

M 9

Validity and Truth

Exercise 6

: Deduction and Induction

Truth, Validity, Soundness

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/tvs_quiz.html

W 10

Q-

Truth, Validity, Soundness Syllabus

: Truth, Validity, Soundness

Review Exercises

Syllabus

: Test 1 Review Sheet

F 11

Q-

Truth, Validity, Soundness

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/argument_test.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/argument_test.html

Review for

Test I

Review for

Test 1

M 12

The Structure of Arguments

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/arguments_topics.html

Test 1: The Structure of Arguments

Optional Browse

Fallacy Files

W 13

Optional

http://www.fallacyfiles.org/index.html

Forms and Functions of Language

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/form_lang.html

F 14

Performative Utterances

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/emotive.html

Emotive Language

Exercise 7

: Emotive Language

STUFF

M 15 02.18.

Varieties of Disagreements

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/disagree.html

W 16

Language Exercises

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/lang_ex.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/scireas/varieties_test.html

Exercise

: Emotive Language

Exercise 8

: Disagreements

Date

Class Topic

Assignment

Informal Fallacies

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/nature_fall.html

F 17

Fallacies of Relevance I

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/agree_quiz.html

Exercise 8

: Disagreements

Q-

Varieties of Disagreement http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ignorance.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/authority.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/person.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/popular.html Exercise 9

: Relevance I

Fallacies of Relevance II

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/misery.html

M 18

Q-

Varieties of Disagreement

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/force.html

Exercise 9

: Relevance I

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ignoratio.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/fallacy1_quiz.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/relevance1_quiz.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/relevance2_quiz.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/relevance3_quiz.html Exercise 10

: Relevance II

Q-

Fallacies of Relevance I Make flash-cards for Fallacies of Relevance

Fallacies of Presumption I

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/complex.html

W 19

Q-

Fallacies of Relevance I

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/cause.html

Exercise 10

: Relevance II

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/circular.html Exercise 11

: Presumption

Fallacies of Presumption II

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/accident.html

F 20

Exercise 11

: Presumption

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/converse.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/fallacy2_quiz.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/presumption1_quiz.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/presumption2_quiz.html Q-

Fallacies of Presumption Make flash-cards for Fallacies of Presumption Q-

Great American Fallacy Contest

Date

Class Topic

Assignment

Strategies for Successive Inferences

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/strategies.html

F 29

Q-

Conversion,

Obversion,

Con-

traposition

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/successive_quiz.html

Exercise 14

:^

Successive Immediate

Inferences

Ordinary Language Inferences

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/inferences_ex.html

M 30

Venn Diagrams for Propositions

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/venn_prop.html Q-

Venn Diagrams Exercise 15

: Venn Diagrams

Review for

Test III

Syllabus

: Test 3 Review Sheet

W 31

Exercise 15

: Venn Diagrams

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/proposition_topics.html

Q-

Venn Diagrams

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/prop_test.html

Test III Categorical Propositions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism

F 32 04.06.

Review of

Test III

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_terms.html

M 33

Syllogistic Terms I

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/terms_quiz.html Exercise 16

: Syllogistic Terms

Q-

Syllogistic Terms

Syllogistic Terms II

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_terms_review.html

W 34

Q-

Syllogistic Terms

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_analogy.html

Exercise 16

: Syllogistic Terms

Exercise 17

: Logical Analogies for problems in

Exercise 16

Logical Analogies

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_prob.html

Venn Diagrams

Exercise 18

: Venn Diagrams

Date

Class Topic

Assignment

Syllogistic Fallacies I

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_fall.html

F 35

Four Term Fallacy

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/four_fall.html

Undistributed Middle

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/middle_fall.html

Illicit Minor and Major

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/illicit_fall.html

Exclusive Premisses

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/exclusive_fall.html

Affirm.

Conclusion

From

Neg.Premiss

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/conclusion_fall.html

Existential Fallacy

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/existential_fall.html

Exercise 17

: Logical Analogies

Exercise 19

: Standard Form Syllogism Fallacies

Exercise 18

: Venn Diagrams

Testing Syllogisms I

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_prob.html

M 36

Translation

Exercise 20

: Venn Diagrams for

Exercise 19

Exercise 19

: Syllogistic Fallacies

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/trans.html

Testing Syllogisms II

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syll_test.html

M 37

Translation

Q-

Testing Syllogisms

Exercise 20

: Venn Diagrams

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/syllogism_quiz.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/reduce.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ordinary_test.html Exercise 21

: Translating and Testing Syllogisms

Review for Test IV Syllogisms

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/trans.html

W 38

Q-

Testing Syllogisms

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ordinary_test.html

Translation Tricks

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/uniform.html

Exercise 21

:^

Translating and Test-

ing Syllogisms

Syllabus

: Test 4 Review Sheet

Test IV

Syllogisms

Office Hours Posted for Week of Finals

F 39

Syllabus Office Hours end

Sec. 07 (11:30 Class) Final Exam Pe-riod

Summer Logic Reading

M

Approved Make-up Tests Only

Douglas Hofstadter,

G¨

odel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Testing Time: 11:00–01:00 pm

Have a Great Christmas!