PHIL 201: Introduction to Symbolic Logic

Lecture #25

amorgan — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:54:55 +0000

The last set of lecture notes on metalogic (lecture #25) provide a brief overview of some more advanced topics in logic. These notes are just for interest, and will not be covered in the final exam.

More info on Exam 2

amorgan — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:24:15 +0000

The exam will be held as originally planned, on Monday, May 4 (usual time, usual place).
Revised notes about the content of the exam are available here.
Additional revision exercises about the material on models & invalidity are available here.

Homework 9&10 - Wednesday 4/29

amorgan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:52:39 +0000

Please do the following:

* Chapter 8, four exercises of your choosing from each of sets E-H.
* This

This will count for both Homeworks 9 and 10.

Homework grades

amorgan — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:44:29 +0000

Here is my record of which homeworks each of you has handed in. Please look over it and make sure it’s accurate. Each homework is graded out of 2 percentage points: you get two points if your homework is complete, one if incomplete (regardless of whether your answers are correct or not. Remember to check correctness against the answers in the book).

Exam 2

amorgan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:49:24 +0000

As I discussed on Wednesday, I had scheduled the final exam for the last day of class, i.e. Monday, May 4 (usual time, usual place). However, I was recently informed that there is a university-wide rule prohibiting exams being held in the last 2 weeks of the semester. So it looks like we have two options: EITHER ignore the rule and stick with the original plan, OR reschedule the exam for sometime during the exam period. I posed this question to those of you who turned up on Wednesday, and the clear consensus was to stick with the original plan and have the exam on the last day of class. However, I realize that not all of you were present, and that some of you might prefer to discuss this with me one-on-one. So: if for whatever reason you’d prefer to have the exam sometime during the exam period rather than on the last day of class, please let me know asap. Otherwise, we’ll go ahead with the original plan.

PS Here are the notes about the format of the exam that I discussed on Wednesday.

Homework 8 - Wednesday 4/22

amorgan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:41:17 +0000

Please do the following:

* Chapter 8, every third exercise in sets A-D (i.e. #1, 3, 6, 9, 12, etc.)

The Previous Homework

amorgan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:22:55 +0000

Hi everyone. I screwed up my instructions for the previous homework — I meant to say that you should do the odd-numbered exercises of SET A in Chapter 6. Sorry! As a result, I’m making the previous homework (as I initially described it, i.e. all odd-numbered exercises in Ch.6 + the additional exercise) count for both homework 6 and homework 7. If you haven’t submitted that homework yet, or didn’t submit all of it, you can do so on Monday.

Office Hours: Change of Location

amorgan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:22:39 +0000

Office hours will now be held in my office, at the usual time (Mondays, 6.00-7.20pm). This will take effect from now until the end of semester. Here’s the location of my office:

Room 011, Davison Hall
26 Nichol Avenue
Douglass College
MAP

Also, remember to feel free to arrange a meeting at any other time/place.

Homework 6 - Wednesday 4/1

amorgan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:30:39 +0000

Please do the following:

* Chapter 6, every odd-numbered exercise.
* This.

Free Logic Tutoring

amorgan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:47:36 +0000

Apparently the Rutgers Learning Center offers free logic tutoring on Sundays from 6-8pm and Mondays from 5-7pm. Here is the schedule. The tutoring is done on College Ave. in the Kreeger Learning Center. Walk-ins are accepted.