Readings

The text for the course is a manuscript written by the faculty member, entitled Logic: The Art of Persuasion and the Science of Truth. Topics were covered in the order in which they are presented.

Chapter # Topics
1 Introduction: The Place of Logic Among the Sciences (PDF)
2 Sets and Functions (PDF)
3 Sentential Calculus Introduction (PDF)
4 Sentential Calculus Semantics (PDF)
5 Extension Theorem (PDF)
6 State Descriptions, Disjunctive Normal Form, and Expressive Completeness (PDF)
7 SC Substitutions (PDF)
8 The Search-for-Counterexample Test for Validity (PDF)
9 Compactness Theorem (PDF)
10 SC Derivations (PDF)
11 SC Completeness (PDF)
12 Substitution of Equivalents (PDF)
13 SC Translations (PDF)
14 Trouble with "If"s (PDF)
15 Monadic Predicate Calculus (PDF)
16 Derivations in the Monadic Predicate Calculus (PDF)
17 Completeness in the Monadic Predicate Calculus (PDF)
18 Predicate Calculus (PDF)
19 Predicate Calculus Derivations (PDF)
20 Identity (PDF)
21 Russell's Theory of Definite Descriptions (PDF)
22 Sense and Reference (PDF)
23 Function Signs (PDF)
24 Sentential Calculus Revisited: Boolean Algebra (PDF)