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PHI 251 Logic Syllabus

This document provides information for a logic course titled PHI 251 Logic. It lists the required textbooks, the professor's office hours, grading breakdown, course schedule, exam dates, and policies regarding academic integrity and accommodations for disabilities. The course will cover topics such as arguments, the language of logic, conditionals, derivations, restricted quantifiers, and English arguments over the course of the semester.

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PHI 251 Logic Syllabus

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PHI 251 Logic

Mihnea D I Capraru
Textbooks
Modern Formal Logic, 2nd ed., 2006, 2007, or 2008, Thomas J. McKay
available at SU Bookstore
if you obtain a used copy, make sure it is the second edition
Logic Exercises, Mark A. Brown, Thomas J. McKay & Kevan Edwards
available at SU Bookstore
Office Hours
Wednesdays 2:30 3:30 and by appointment, Bowne Hall 103
Grading
First Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fourth Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 points
12 points
12 points
12 points

Final Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 points


Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 points
Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 points

Essential Guidelines
logic is like a sport: to get good at it, you need to practice
you practice by doing your homework
to know how to do your homework, you need coaching
for coaching, you come to class, pay attention, and ask questions
Advice
Some of you may find the first part of the course rather easy. Do not let this trick you into neglecting
your work, because later parts get more challenging.
Dont try to cheat on your homework. Not only is this wrong, but it will leave you unprepared for
your exams.
Homework is always due two classes later. Thus in the class in between you have the opportunity to
ask questions about the problems you dont know how to solve. Always ask these questions. This
will help you on the exams and it will even earn you some participation points.
Cell Phones, Tablet PCs, Laptops, and Similar Devices
Turn them off; when possible, leave them home.
If you use these devices in class, you will not be able to concentrate. Worse, you will distract and
annoy your classmates for none of their fault. And finally, you will lose participation points.
In an extraordinary situation when you genuinely need such a device, see me before class.

Readings and Exams


Arguments
Aug 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 1

Oct 19 . . . . . . . . . Second Exam: Chapters 68

The Language of Logic


Aug 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 2, 17267
Sep 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Labor Day
Sep 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 2, 2634
Sep 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 2, 3445

Restricted Quantifiers: The Language


Oct 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 10, 219226
Oct 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 10, 226238
Oct 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 10, 239248

Oct 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 9, 205216

Restricted Quantifiers: Derivations


Oct 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 11, 249256
Nov 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 11, 256265

Logical Properties Tables and Trees


Sep 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3, 4656
Sep 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3, 5666
Sep 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4, 6776
Sep 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4, 7685

Nov 5 . . . . . . . . . . . Third Exam: Chapters 69


Nov 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 11, 265281
Nov 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 11, 282291
Nov 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 11, 291299

Conditionals
Sep 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 5, 8694
Sep 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 5, 94101
Sep 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 5, 101116

Restricted Quantifiers: Truth Trees


Nov 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 12, 300306

Derivations: Inferential Rules


Sep 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6, 119130
Sep 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6, 131138

Nov 16 . . . . . . Fourth Exam: Chapters 1011


Nov 19
Nov 21
Nov 23
Nov 26
Nov 28

Oct 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . First Exam: Chapters 15


Derivations: Equivalence Rules
Oct 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 7, 139146
Oct 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 7, 146154

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanksgiving Break
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanksgiving Break
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanksgiving Break
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 12, 306312
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 12, 312322

Unrestricted Quantifiers
Nov 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 13, 323328

Conditional Proof Indirect Proof


Oct 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 8, 155164
Oct 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 8, 164171
Oct 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 8, 171188

English Arguments: Special Topics


Dec 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 14, 338348
Final Review
Dec 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . review: Chapters 19
Dec 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . review: Chapters 1014

Derivations and Models


Oct 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 9, 189194
Oct 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 9, 195205

Dec 14, 10:15 am 12:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Final Exam: Chapters 114


Disability Accommodations
If you believe that you need accommodations for a disability, please contact the Office of Disability
Services (ODS), http://disabilityservices.syr.edu, located at 804 University Avenue, room 309, or call 315443-4498 for an appointment to discuss your needs and the process for requesting accommodations. ODS
is responsible for coordinating disability-related accommodations and will issue students with documented
disabilities Accommodation Authorization Letters, as appropriate. Since accommodations may require
early planning and generally are not provided retroactively, please contact ODS as soon as possible.
Academic Integrity
Syracuse University policies mandate that the presumptive sanction for a first offense is course failure,
accompanied by the transcript notation Violation of the Academic Integrity Policy. Do not put yourself
in this situation:
do not cheat
do not help others cheat
do not look like youre cheating; during exams, sit away from your friends and talk to nobody

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