Logic 100 - VALID & INVALID REASONING
Fall
2013
01
4.00
James Henle; Samuel Ruhmkorff
MF 11:00-12:10
Smith College
10118-F13
SEELYE 106
jhenle@math.smith.edu; sruhmkorff@smith.edu
Formal logic and its application to the evaluation of everyday arguments, the abstract properties of logical systems, the implications of inconsistency. Examples drawn from law, philosophy, economics, literary criticism, political theory, commercials, mathematics, psychology, computer science, off-topic debating, and the popular press. Deduction and induction, logical symbolism and operations, paradoxes, and puzzles. May not be taken for credit with PHI 202.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
You must also register for a Discussion section.