Logic 100 - Valid and Invalid Reasoning: What Follows From What?
VALID & INVALID REASONING
Fall
2020
01
4.00
Jay Garfield; Theresa Helke; Melissa Yates
MF 09:20-10:35
Smith College
10238-F20
REMOTE
jgarfiel@smith.edu; thelke@smith.edu; myates@smith.edu
Formal logic and informal logic. The study of abstract logic together with the construction and deconstruction of everyday arguments. Logical symbolism and operations, deduction and induction, consistency and inconsistency, paradoxes and puzzles. Examples drawn from law, philosophy, politics, literary criticism, computer science, history, commercials, mathematics, economics and the popular press.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
You must also register for a Lab section.