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Required Text

• Patrick Hurley, A Concise Introduction to Logic. 10th ed. Wadsworth, 2008. [ISBN-13: 978-0-495-50383-5]
Be sure to purchase the 10th edition, since the numbers to the exercises (and the exercises themselves) will sometimes change between editions. Also, be sure you buy an unabridged copy (the cover should have the stacked stones, as pictured here).

Wed, Aug 28

Overview of Logic

Ch. 1: Basic Concepts

Fri, Aug 30

1.1… Premise/Inference/Conclusion

Homework: 1.1/ I: 1-15; II: 2, 3, 5, 6; III: 1-10 (definitions); IV: 1-10

Mon, Sep 2

1.2... Recognizing Arguments

Homework: 1.2/ I: 1-15; IV: 1-11; V: 1-10; VI: 1-10

Wed, Sep 4

(Camp Mack Day)

Fri, Sep 6

1.3… Deduction and Induction

Homework: 1.3/ I: 1-20; III: 1-15

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Mon, Sep 9

1.4-1.5… Validity and Invalidity

Homework: 1.4/ I: 1-10; II: 1-10; III: 1-10; IV; V: 1-15

Homework: 1.5/ I: 1-5

Wed, Sep 11

1.6… Extended Arguments

Homework: 1.6/ I: 1-10

Fri, Sep 13

1.6… Extended Arguments (cont.)

Homework: 1.6/ II: 1-12

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Ch. 2: Language

Mon, Sep 16

2.1-2.2… The Meaning of Words

Homework: 2.1/ II: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8; III: 1-10

Homework: 2.2/ I: 1-5, II: 1-10

Wed, Sep 18

2.3-2.4… Defining our Terms

Homework: 2.3/ I: 1-20; II.1; III: 1-10

Homework: 2.4/ I: 1-20; II.1e, 2b, 3c, 5e, 7b; III: 1-10

Fri, Sep 20

First Exam

Ch. 3: Informal Fallacies

Mon, Sep 23

3.1-3.2… of Relevance

Homework: 3.1/ 1-10

Homework: 3.2/ I: 1-15; II: 1-10

Wed, Sep 25

3.3… of Weak Induction

Homework: 3.3/ I: 1-15; II: 1-10, III: 1-15

Fri, Sep 27

3.4… of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Grammatical Analogy

Homework: 3.4/ I: 1-15; II: 1-15; III: 1-20

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Ch. 9-12: Inductive Logic

Mon, Sep 30

9.1-9.3… Analogical Reasoning

Homework: 9/ II: 2, 3, 5, 9, 12

Wed, Oct 2

11.1-11.2… Probability

Homework: 11/ I: 1-10; II: 1-10, 15

Fri, Oct 4

11.2… Probability: Bayes’s Theorem

Homework: 11/ II: 17, 20

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Mon, Oct 7 — Fall Break

Wed, Oct 9

12.1-12.6… Statistical Reasoning

Homework: 12/ I: 1-10, 15, 17; II: 2, 3; III: 1-20

Homework: 13/I: 1-5; IV: 1-20

Fri, Oct 11

Second Exam

Ch. 4: Categorical Propositions

Mon, Oct 14

4.1-4.2… Quality, Quantity, Distribution

Homework: 4.1/ 1-8

Homework: 4.2/ I: 1-8; II: 1-4; III: 1-4; IV: 1-4

Wed, Oct 16

4.3… Venn Diagrams

Homework: 4.3/ I: 1-8; II: 1-15; III: 1-15

Fri, Oct 18

4.4… Licit Inferences

Homework: 4.4/ I: 1-12, II: 1-3, III: 1-10

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Mon, Oct 21

4.5… Square of Opposition

Homework: 4.5/ I: 1-5; II: 1-5; III: 1-10; IV: 1-20; VI: 1-10

Wed, Oct 23

4.6-4.7… Translation

Homework: 4.6/ I: 1-10; II: 1-10

Homework:4.7/ I: 1-30

Ch. 5: Categorical Syllogisms

Fri, Oct 25

5.1… Standard Form, Mood & Figure

Homework: 5.1/ I: 1-5; II: 1-5; III: 1-5; V: 1-10

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Mon, Oct 28

5.2… Venn Diagrams

Homework: 5.2/ I: 1-10; II: 1-5; III: 1-10

Wed, Oct 30

5.3-5.4… Rules

Homework: 5.3/ I: 1-10; II: 1-5; III: 1-10

Homework: 5.4/ I: 1-5

Fri, Nov 1

5.5-5.6… Enthymemes

Homework: 5.5/ 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9

Homework: 5.6/ I: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8; II: 2, 3, 5, 6

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Mon, Nov 4

Third Exam

Ch. 6: Propositional Logic

Wed, Nov 6

6.1… Symbols & Translations

Homework: 6.1/ I: 1-40; III: 1-10

Fri, Nov 8

6.2… Truth Functions

Homework: 6.2/ I: 1-10; II: 1-10; III: 1-15, IV: 1-10

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Mon/Wed, Nov 11-13

No Class

Fri, Nov 15

6.3-6.4… Truth-Tables

Homework: 6.3/ I:1-5; II: 1-5; III: 2, 3

Homework: 6.4/ II: 1-5

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Mon, Nov 18

6.5… Indirect Truth-Tables

Homework: 6.5/ I: 1-10; II: 1-5; III: 1-5

Wed, Nov 20

6.6… Argument Forms

Homework: 6.6/ I: 1-20; II: 1-10; III: 2, 6, 9

Ch. 7: Natural Deduction

Fri, Nov 22

7.1… Implication Rules I

Homework: 7.1/ I: 1-10; II: 1-10; III: 1-10, 14

Argument Analysis due today (on Canvas)

Mon, Nov 25

7.2… Implication Rules II

Homework: 7.2/ I: 1-10; II: 1-10; III: 1-10

— Thanksgiving —

Mon, Dec 2

7.3-7.4… Replacement Rules

Homework: 7.3/ I: 1-5; II: 1-10; III: 1-5, 21-25

Homework: 7.4/ I: 1-10; II: 1-10; III: 1-10

Wed, Dec 4

7.5-7.6… Conditional & Indirect Proof

Homework: 7.5/ I: 1-10; II: 2, 3

Homework: 7.6/ I: 1-10; II: 3, 5

Fri, Dec 6

7.7… Proving Logical Truths

Homework: 7.7/ I: 1-5

Thu, Dec 12, 10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.

Fourth Exam

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