LOGIC     SYLLABUS     PHI 103

INTRODUCTION
 On the nature of thinking – presuppositionalism
 On reason – the laws of thought and the uses of reason
 On clarity vs. skepticism

INFORMAL LOGIC
 On non-rational approaches to settling disputes and persuasion
 On pseudo-arguments

FORMAL LOGIC
 CONCEPT
1. Concept, definition and meaning
2. Conceptual order
3. Conceptual map
PROPOSITIONS
1. Propositions and their forms
2. Contradiction and other inferences
ARGUMENT
1. Forms of argument
2. Validity: rules and Venn diagram
3. Elementary symbolic logic
4. Natural deductions

PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC
1. Interpreting the text
2. Current issues
3. Selected philosophers and issues

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