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Philosophy 290

Spring 2014

 

Tentative Schedule of Classes

 

All readings are from Goldfarb, Deductive Logic, where “I.A,” e.g., means Part I, sub-part A.

 

Week Tuesdays Thursdays
0   1/23/2014
Introduction
1

1/28/2014

Review of Basic Concepts and Truth-Functional Logic

Reading: I.A and I.B, excluding §12

Handout 1a

1/30/2014

Review of Monadic Quantification: Predicates, Names, Extension, Quantifiers, Scope, Paraphrase

Reading: §§18-20

Handout 1b

2

2/4/2014
Last day add/drop is Wednesday 2/5/2014

Review of Monadic Quantification: Universe of Discourse, More on Monadic Paraphrase, Predicate Letters; Introduction to Polyadic Quantification

Reading: §§21-22, 28

Handout 2a

Problem Set 1 Presentations

2/6/2014
Last day add/drop is the day before this day

Polyadic Paraphrase

Reading: §29

Handout 2b

3

2/11/2014

Monadic Schemata and their Interpretations

Reading: §23

Handout 3a

Problem Set 2 Presentations

2/14/2014

Monadic Validity and Implication; Polyadic Interpretations

Reading: §§24, 30

Handout 3b

4

2/18/2014

Polyadic Validity and Implication

Reading: §31

Handout 4ab

Problem Set 3 Presentations

2/20/2014

More Polyadic Arguments; Instances

Reading: §32

 

5

2/25/2014

General Laws of Quantificational Logic, I

Reading: §27

Handout 5a

Problem Set 4 Presentations

2/27/2014

No class; makeup class Wed 3/5/2014

6a

3/4/2014

General Laws of Quantificational Logic, II

Handout 6a

 
6b 3/5/2014 Wed!!! 7-8:20pm Location Fisk 114

Review for Test 1

3/6/2014

Test 1

3/8-23/2014    Spring Break
7

3/25/2014

Quantificational Deductions, I

Handout 7a

Reading: §33

3/27/2014

Quantificational Deductions, II

Reading: §34

8

4/1/2014

Quantificational Deductions, III

Handout 8a

Problem Set 5 Presentations

4/3/2014

Identity

Reading: §41

Handout 8b

9

4/8/2014

Names and Descriptions

Reading: §§42-3

Handout 9a

Problem Set 6 Presentations

4/10/2014

Russell’s Theory of Descriptions

§44

Handout 9b

10

4/15/2014

The Concepts of Soundness and Completeness; Soundness part 1

Reading: §35

Handout 10a

Problem Set 7 Presentations

4/17/2014

No class; makeup class Wed 4/23/2014

This is the last day to withdraw

11

4/22/2014

Soundness part 2, the Law of Universal Closure, and Prenex Normal Forms

Reading: §36

Handout 11a

 

 

11a

4/23/2014 Wed!!! 7-8:20pm Location Fisk 114

Completeness I: The Central Lemma and the Rigid Plan

Reading: §38

Handout 11b

4/24/2014

Completeness II: Proof of the Central Lemma, Truth-Functional Compactness

Handout 11c

12

4/29/2014

Quantificational Compactness

Handout 12a

Problem Set 8 Presentations

5/1/2014

Review for Test 2

13 5/6/2014

Test 2