Dr Tom Kerns

 

Approximate Weekly Schedule

Fall Quarter 2009

 

This page provides an approximate overview of what will be assigned in the coming weeks, for those who would like to get an idea of what's coming up.

 

week
dates
assignments
misc
0
Sept 25-30
• register
• login to Angel classroom
• login to iLrn
• login to Tarski's World
• learn classroom software
• post biography in classroom
1
Oct 1-7
• language, terms, varieties of meaning
• intension and extension of terms
• definitions: kinds and purposes
2
Oct 8-14
• recognizing arguments
• deduction and induction
• validity, truth, soundness, strength
• arguments & argument forms
• propositions
3
Oct 15-21
• informal fallacies
• Midterm Self Evaluation due between Thur & Tue
4
Oct 22-28
• formal logic: categorical propositions
• quality, quantity and distribution of terms
• square of opposition
5
Oct 29-Nov 4
• venn diagrams of propositions
6
Nov 5-11
• categorical syllogisms: form, mood and figure
• venn diagrams of syllogisms
• midterm exam
7
Nov 12-18
• rules and formal fallacies
• language of propositional logic
• Tarski’s World, language, symbols, worlds
8
Nov 19-25
• truth functions and truth tables
• natural deduction in propositional logic
9
Nov 26-Dec 2
• rules of implication I
• rules of implication II
10
Dec 3-9
• rules of replacement I
• rules of replacement II
• final exam
• Final Self Evaluation due on Wednesday
class ends this Wednesday evening