Philosophy 101 - Plausible and Implausible Reasoning: What Happened? What Will Happen Next?
Plausible & Implausible Reason
Spring
2022
01
4.00
Justin S. Dealy
TU TH 4:10 PM - 5:25 PM
Smith College
PHI-101-01-202203
Seelye 102
jdealy@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 PHI 102. Students who have taken PHI 102 cannot receive credit for taking PHI 101 subsequently. Students who have taken PHI 101 can subsequently receive credit for taking PHI 102. Enrollment limited to 24.
[CE] Not PHI 102