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1、5Philosophy230IntroductiontoFormalLogicLogicis“thescienceofnecessaryinference.”—W.V.QuineCONTACTINFORMATION:Dr.LeemonMcHenryOffice:SeirraTower534OfficePhone818-677-5806OfficeHours:Fall2012,TTh7:30-9:00(andbyappointment)Email:leemon.mchenry@csun.eduWebsite:www.csun.edu/~lmchenr

2、yCOURSEDESCRIPTION:Thiscoursesatisfiesthe“CriticalReasoning”(A-2)sectionoftheGeneralEducationProgram,whichrecognizescriticalreasoningasafundamentalcompetence.CoursesinthissectionofGeneralEducationtakereasoningitselfastheirfocus.Theirgoalsaretoprovidestudentswithcriteriaandmeth

3、odsfordistinguishinggoodreasoningfrombadandtohelpstudentsdevelopbasicreasoningskillsthattheycanapplybothwithinabroadrangeofacademicdisciplinesandoutsidetheacademicenvironment.Studentsareexpectedtoacquireskillinrecognizingthelogicalstructureofstatementsandarguments,theabilityto

4、distinguishrationalfromnon-rationalmeansofpersuasion,skillinapplyingtheprinciplesofsoundreasoningintheconstructionandevaluationofarguments,andanappreciationofthevalueofcriticalreasoningskillsinthepursuitofknowledge.Tosatisfythisrequirementwewillstudyasystemofnaturaldeduction(f

5、irst-orderlogic),includingbothsententiallogicandpredicatelogic.Equalattentionwillbegiventotranslationsandproofs.Wewillalsodiscussphilosophicalaspectsofformallogicwhenappropriate.REQUIREDTEXT:LogicandPhilosophy:AModernIntroduction,AlanHausman,HowardKahaneandPaulTidman,12thediti

6、on.GOALS:Studentswillanalyzeinformationandideascarefullyandlogicallyfrommultipleperspectivesanddevelopreasonedsolutionstoproblems.STUDENTLEARNINGOUTCOMES:51.Explainandapplythebasicconceptsessentialtocriticalexaminationandevaluationofargumentativediscourse;2.Useinvestigativeand

7、analyticalthinkingskillstoexaminealternative,explorecomplexquestionsandsolvechallengingproblems;3.Synthesizeinformationinordertoarriveatreasonedconclusions;4.Evaluatethelogicandvalidityofarguments,andtherelevanceofdataandinformation;5.Recognizeandavoidcommonlogicalandrhetorica

8、lfallacies.COURSEOBJECTIVES:1.Studentswillrecognizeandproduce