Philosophy 170 Introduction to Logic
Summer 2005
Philosophy Department
University of Maryland at College Park
Instructor
Benedict Chan
E-mail: bschan[at]umd.edu
Office: SKN 1108A
Office Hour: By appointment
Phone Number: 301-405-5701
Announcements:
May 30: Read Ch.1 of The
Logic Book for the first class
May 31:
Read Ch. 2 and 3.1 for tomorrow
June1:
Read Ch.3 for tomorrow (Skip entailment, and section 3.6), Quiz will be given on
this Friday.
June 2:
Quiz tomorrow! And remember to do worksheet #1, and the last exercise I gave you
in class (The last exercise in the lecture material today)
June 3: Read
Ch. 3.5 (Short Truth Table Method) and the beginning of Ch.5 (SD). Do the Truth
Table Exercise and Symbolization Exercise. The mid-term will be postponed to
next Thursday (June 9).
June 7:
Continue to do SD tomorrow. Midterm exam will be held on Thursday. Read Ch. 5.5
for Friday.
June 9: Problem set will be due on
Tuesday (June 14). We are going to do more exercises on SD+ and also EFSQ rule
on Monday. Do 5.5E Q1, 2, and 6.
June 13: Quiz tomorrow. Read Ch. 7.1
to 7.8 (7.6 and 7.8 can be skipped if you do not have enough time)
June 16:
Final exam on June 17. Good Luck!
Handouts:
May 31: Syllabus, Lecture 1:
Introduction,
History of Logic, Definition of Validity; GRE sample
June 1: Lecture 2: Symbolization (Construction Tree,
Truth-functional Connectives, etc.)
June 2: Lecture 3: Translation, Truth Table, Logical Sentences
June 3: Lecture 4: Validity, Worksheet
#1, Quiz 1
June 6: Lecture 5: Short Truth Table Method, Symbolization
exercises, Truth Table Exercises.
June 7: Lecture 6: SD, Short
Truth Table Exercises
June 8: Lecture 7: SD
June 9: Midterm
June 10: Lecture 8: SD+, Problem Set
June 13: Lecture9: EFSQ
June 14: Lecture 10: Predicate Logic, Quiz 2
June 15: Lecture 11: Symbolization of Predicate Logic,
PD
June 16: Lecture 12: Inductive Logic
June 17: Final exam
Note: These are supplemental materials to the class, not substitution! And there may be errors in the materials. You need to attend my class to get the most accurate information. Materials here are not for public. They are designed to be used by my students only. Please e-mail me if you are not my student but would like to use them. The materials are made from the following sources: Critical Thinking Web, Allen Stairs (Philosophy 170, Fall 2004), Michael Morreau and Wei Zheng (Philosophy 170, Spring 2005), The Logic Book, Choice and Chance, and my works.
Useful Philosophy Links:
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
