Logic and Philosophy of Science

Course Description


Course:  LPS 30/Philos 30
Name:  Introduction to Symbolic Logic
Description:  The course is an introduction to formal logic. There are no prerequisites.  Students will learn to use formal languages for propositional and quantificational logic to represent the logical structure of arguments expressed in English. They will also learn techniques, in particular the "tree method", for assessing the validity of arguments formulated in those formal languages.

For more information, see the course website.

Note:  The course will be offered twice this year (2004-2005) -- in the Spring quarter as well as the Winter quarter.