Dr Tom Kerns

 

 

Assignment hurley1.1-1.2

Recognizing Arguments

 

This assignment is due to be completed by Friday October 9th

This exercise will be available from Oct 1st to Oct 31st

In this assignment you will learn:

  • what an argument is
  • what a premise is and what some premise indicators are
  • what a conclusion is and what some conclusion indicators are
  • how to recognize arguments
  • what a "sufficient condition" is
  • what a "necessary condition"is

Read

Read chapters 1.1 and 1.2 of Hurley’s A Concise Introduction to Logic

Optional Learning Aids

Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of the Learning Logic program, available either on iLrn or on the CD that came with your Hurley textbook

Exercises

  • Login to iLrn
  • Navigate to the assignment titled hurley1.1
  • Open that assignment and do those exercises
  • You may re-do the exercises a second time if you like, and a third time, but it won’t allow you to do them more than three times.
  • iLrn will record the score you earn on the final time you did the assignment.
  • Login to iLrn
  • Navigate to the assignment titled hurley1.2
  • Open that assignment and do those exercises
  • You may re-do the exercises a second time if you like, and a third time, but it won’t allow you to do them more than three times.
  • iLrn will record the score you earn on the final time you did the assignment.