Hans Halvorson Physics, Logic, Philosophy

Introductory Logic

Spring 2021 (pandemic): taught virtually

Schedule

The pacing for this course, and due dates for problem sets, will be set by the individual preceptors. What we all have in common is the midterm (week of March 8-12) and final exams. Nonetheless, here is a rough guide to what your schedule might look like for the first half of the semester.

Module / Pset Due date (tentative) Reading
Pset 1 (basics) Fri, Feb 5 Chap 1 “Logic for Humans”
Pset 2 (translation) Fri, Feb 12 Chap 2 “Deducing”
Pset 3 (deduction) Fri, Feb 12 Chap 2 “Deducing”
Pset 4 (CP) Fri, Feb 19 Chap 3 “Supposing”
Pset 5 (or-elim) Fri, Feb 19 Chap 3 “Supposing”
Pset 6 (RAA) Fri, Feb 26 Chap 4 “New Proofs from Old”
Pset 7 (new proofs from old) Fri, Feb 26 Chap 4 “New Proofs from Old”
Pset 8 (truth tables) Fri, Mar 5 Chap 5 “Truth”
Midterm Exam Week of Mar 8-12
Pset 10 (predicate translation) Fri, Mar 19 Chap 6 “Quantifying”
Pset 11 (proofs with UE and UI) Fri, Mar 26 Chap 6 “Quantifying”
Pset 12 (proofs with EI and EE) Fri, Apr 2 Chap 6 “Quantifying”
Pset 13 (more predicate translation) Fri, Apr 9 Chap 7 “Theories”
Pset 14 (reasoning with theories) Fri, Apr 16 Chap 7 “Theories”
Pset 15 (models) Fri, Apr 23 Chap 8 “Models”
Pset 16 (proofs about proofs) Fri, Apr 30 Chap 9 “A Theory about Propositional Logic”