Schedule



Date Reading Topic Notes
31-Jan - Introduction  
2-Feb CLASSES CANCELLED (ICE)


4-Feb Chapter 1  Basic Concepts  HW1 Assigned
7-Feb Chapter 2.1-2.7 Truth-Functional Connectives


9-Feb Chapter 2.8-2.11  HW1 Due
HW2 Assigned
11-Feb Chapter 2.12-2.13
14-Feb Chapter 3 Validity
 
 HW2 Due
HW3 Assigned
16-Feb Carroll, "What the Tortoise Said to Achilles"*
18-Feb Chapter 4.1-4.10 Translations in SL
HW3 Due
HW4 Assigned
21-Feb Chapter 4.11-4.17  
23-Feb Chapter 4.18-4.22
25-Feb Chapter 4.23-4.25 HW4 Due
Review Session (evening)
28-Feb EXAM 1    
2-Mar Chapter 5.1-5.8
          Note: skim 5.1-5.5
Derivations in SL    HW5.1 Assigned
4-Mar Chapter 5.6-5.11  
7-Mar Chapter 5.12-5.16  HW5.1 Due
HW5.2 Assigned
9-Mar Re-read Chapter 5
11-Mar - Derivation Practice Day  
14-Mar Jeffrey, "Truth Trees"*  Truth Trees  HW5.2 Due

Teller, "Truth Trees for Sentential Logic"* (optional) 
16-Mar
18-Mar EXAM 2  
28-Mar Chapter 6.1-6.6 Translations in Monadic PL      HW6 Assigned
30-Mar Chapter 6.7-6.11  
1-Apr NO CLASS  
4-Apr Chapter 6.12-6.17  
6-Apr Chapter 6.18-6.20  
8-Apr Re-read Chapter 6 HW6 Due
11-Apr Chapter 7.1-7.5 Translations in Polyadic PL  
HW7 Assigned
13-Apr Chapter 7.5-7.10  
15-Apr Re-read Chapter 7 HW7 Due
18-Apr - Review Day  
20-Apr EXAM 3    
22-Apr Chapter 8.1-8.6 Derivations in PL    HW8 Assigned
25-Apr Chapter 8.7-8.8  
27-Apr Chapter 8.9-8.12  
29-Apr Pullum, "Scooping the Loop Snooper"* HW8 Due
2-May "Introduction to Inductive Logic"*
"Statistical Generalizations"*
Inductive Logic    HW9 Assigned
4-May "Analogical Arguments"*
Dershowitz, "Shouting Fire!"*

6-May "Causal Reasoning"* EXAM RETAKE (EVENING)
9-May "Probability and Bayes' Theorem"*  
11-May "Probability and Bayes' Theorem"* HW9 Due
Projects Due
16-May EXAM 4