Logic 101 - PLAUSIBLE & IMPLAUSIBLE REASON

Spring
2017
02
4.00
Albert Mosley
TTh 09:00-10:20
Smith College
41095-S17
SEELYE 313
amosley@smith.edu
The course provides an introduction to deductive and inductive logic. It introduces classical Aristotelian and modern truth-functional logic; explains the relationship between truth-functional logic, information science and probability; and it introduces basic features of statistical and causal reasoning in the sciences. This course is designed for students who are uncomfortable with symbolic systems. It is not a follow-up to LOG 100. Students who have taken LOG 100 cannot receive credit for taking LOG 101 subsequently. Students who have taken LOG 101 can subsequently receive credit for taking LOG 100. Enrollment limited to 24.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.