PHI 2101 Section 002: M W 3:30 - 4:45, SOC 154
Instructor: Diana Moxley
Office: FAO 242, email: dmoxle@yahoo.com
Office Hours: 2:30 -3:15 M, 4:45-5:00 W (later as needed), before or after class, or by appointment
Required text: The Logic Book Third Edition, Bergmann, Moor, Nelson
Course information: https://my.usf.edu (log in using your USF email account ID and password). Please log in to check for messages between classes.
The goal of this course is to familiarize you with basic formal logic principles and procedures.
Weekly Schedule
Week 1:
Introduction, chapter 1 (basic concepts)
chapter 2 (connectives and symbolization)
Week 2:
quiz on basic concepts, definitions of connectives, and symbolization
chapter 2
Week 3:
chapter 3 (semantics of sentential logic)
quiz on semantics and symbolization
Week 4:
chapter 5 (derivations in sentential logic)
Week 5:
chapter 5, quiz on symbolization and derivations in SD
Week 6:
quiz on derivations in SD+, chapter 5
Week 7:
Test 1
Week 8:
chapter 7 (symbolization and syntax in predicate logic)
Week 9:
chapter 7, quiz on symbolization and properties of relations
Week 10:
chapter 8 (semantics of predicate logic)
quiz on truth functional expansions
Week 11:
chapter 10 (derivations in predicate logic)
chapter 10, quiz on derivations in PD
Week 12:
chapter 10, quiz on derivations in PD+
Week 13:
derivations in PD+
Week 14:
Test 2
Week 15:
Catch-up and Review
Final during finals week: Friday, Dec. 13,
This syllabus is subject to change.
You will have homework EVERYDAY in this class. Late homework is not accepted. Quizzes can be made up in extreme circumstances only, but you can retake any 2 of the quizzes without penalty.
Tests can be made up but NOT retaken.
It is your responsibility to schedule make-ups and retakes outside of class time.
All religious holidays are respected, but you must email me in advance of your absence.
Homework is worth approximately 30% of your grade, quizzes will be worth approximately 30%, and the tests are worth 40% (including the final).
DO NOT FALL BEHIND.
Call, email, or stop by my office for questions, and please, contact me immediately if you have ANY problems with your homework. Make use of my office hours.