Schedule
Preceptorial: Intro to Logic
Fall Semester, 2001

The following schedule contains a list of all reading assignments, quizzes and exams. All reading assignments are given by chapter and section of Hurley's Concise Introduction to Logic [Abbreviated: CIL] Quizzes may be given at any time. Unless otherwise stated, each quiz will concentrate primarily on the material covered since the preceding quiz, but some quiz questions may cover earlier material from the course. Homework assignments will be given at the end of each class meeting and are due at the beginning of the next class. If you miss a class, the assignment is also posted on the WWW site.

September  2001
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
            1
             
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
       

Start of classes

Introduction

    
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
    The Concept of an Argument   Deduction and Induction    
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
   

Attend Juvenile Violence Forum

   Validity, Truth, and Soundness    
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
    Proving Invalidity   Types of Meaning    
30            
             

October  2001
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
September 30 1 2 3 4 5 6
    Definitions   Informal Fallacies--Relevance    
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
    Weak Induction   More Fallacies    
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
    Review for Mid-Term Exam   Mid-term Exam    
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
  Mid-term grades due Categorical Propositions   Individual Meetings    
28 29 30 31      
    Venn Diagrams        

November  2001
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
        1 2 3
        Conversion, Obversion, etc.    
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Traditional Square   Existential Fallacy    
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
   

Translation

Last day to withdraw from Class

   Venn Diagams    
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
    Twelve Angry Men   Thanksgiving    
25 26 27 28 29 30  
    Rules and Fallacies   Reducing Terms    

 

December  2001
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
            1
             
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    Ordinary Language   Enthymemes    
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
   

Review;
Conclusion

Last Day of Classes

      
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
             

 

Date Day Assignment, Quiz, Etc.
Sept. 6 Th Introduction; Distribution of Syllabus
  11 T Introductory comments; the Concept of an Argument; Recognizing Arguments
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Assignment Due: Read: CIL, 1.1-1.2. 
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      13 Th

    Deduction and Induction

    • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Assignment Due: Read: CIL, 1.1-1.3.  Quiz#1 on Chapter 1.1 & 1.2.
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      18 T

    No regular classs--Attend Forum on Juvenile Violence

    • Assignment Due:
      • Attend the Values Institute Forum on "Responding to Juvenile Violence" in Manchester Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 18
      • Write an analysis of two different arguments presented by two different speakers at the Forum.
      20 Th Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency
  • Assignment Due: Read: CIL, 1.4;
    •   25 T Proving Invalidity; Extended Arguments in Ordinary Language.
    • PowerPoint Presentation:
  • Assignment Due: Read: CIL, 1.5-1.6.  Quiz #2
  • NEW. Take the on-line practice quiz.
    •
      27 Th Cognitive & Emotional Meaning; Get Shockwave: Flash
    • Flash Presentation on Meaning 
    • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Assignment Due: Read CIL, 2.1. 
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    Oct. 2 T Intension and Extension; Definitions: Purposes and Techniques; Criteria for Lexical Definitions.
    • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Assignment Due: Read CIL, 2.2-2.5.   Quiz #3.
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      4 Th

    Informal Fallacies: Fallacies of Relevance

    • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Assignment Due: Read CIL, 3.1-3.2. Answer key for 3.1; 3.2.  
  • New: On-line practice quiz on fallacies of relevance.
  • Quiz #4: 2.1 and 2.5
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    9 T

    Informal Fallacies: Fallacies of Weak Induction

    • PowerPoint Presentation

      11 Th Informal Fallacies: Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Grammatical Analogy; Fallacies in Ordinary Language.
  • Assignment Due: Assignment Due: Read CIL, 3.4-3.5.  Answer key for: 3.4; 3.5. Quiz #4
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      16 T

    Review for the Midterm Exam

    Assignment Due: Prepare questions about material in first half of semester.
      18 Th Mid-Term Exam
  • Assignment Due: Study hard!
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      23 T Return of Mid-term Exam;Introduction to Categorical Propositions. 
    • PowerPoint Presentation on
  • Assignment Due: Read CIL, 4.1-4.2.
    •   25 Th No Class--Individual Meetings
      30 T

    Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Opposition

    • Shocked Presentation on Venn diagrams After this loads, press "Enter" to move from one slide to the next.   (Note that you need to install the Macromedia Shockware Plug-in for Authorware to view this; click here to get the free plug-in for Win95 and NT; click here for a full list of Authorware plugs-ins for various platforms.)
  • Assignment Due: Read CIL, 4.3. Answer key for 4.3.  Quiz #6 on 4.2 and 4.3.
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    Nov. 1 Th

    Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition

  • Assignment Due: Read CIL, 4.3-4.4. ; Answer key for 4.4.  
    •   6 T

    Traditional Square of Opposition; Existential Fallacy. 

  • Assignment Due: Read CIL, 4.5-4.6. Answer key for 4.5.  Quiz #7 (Venn diagrams; 4.3) ; Quiz #8 (conversion, obversion, and contraposition)
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    8 Th

    Traditional Square of Opposition; Existential Fallacy (continued). 

      13 T Translating into Categorical Form; Introduction to Categorical Syllogisms; Venn Diagrams
  • Assignment Due: Answer key for 4.7. Quiz #9 on 4.5
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      15 Th Introduction to Categorical Syllogisms; Venn Diagrams. 
  • Assignment Due: Read CIL, 5.1-5.2.; Homework 5.1, II, 1-5, III, 1-10 (pp. 259-60); 5.2, I, 1-10 (p. 271).
  • Answer keys:
  • 5.1.I
  • 5.1.II
  • 5.1.III
  • 5.1.IV
  • 5.1.V
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    •   20 T

    Introduction to Categorical Syllogisms; Venn Diagrams. 

  • Review
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      22 Th Thanksgiving vacation--no class
      27 T Rules and Fallacies
  • Assignment Due: Read CIL, 5.3. Answer key for 5.3.
    • Quiz #10 on Venn Diagrams of Categorical Syllogisms.
      29 Th

    No class--Dr. Hinman out of town

    • Assignment Due
    Dec. 4 T

     

    Assignment Due: Read CIL, 5.3-5.5. Answer key for 5.3.; Answer key for 5.4 and 5.5.Quiz #11 on 5.3.

    6 Th

    Reducing the Number of Terms; Ordinary Language Arguments

    Assignment Due: Homework; Quiz #12 on 5.4 and 5.5.
      11 T Last Class: Return of final quiz; Review for Final Exam
  • Assignment Due: Prepare questions to ask during review.
    •   13 Th Final Exam: 7:30-9:30 AM