OXFORD TUTORIALS
LOGIC ATRIUM
Course Schedule
Logical Fallacies
Glossary of Terms
Required Textbooks
Resources:
Answers for
Atheists: Questioning Their Assumptions
Dawkins Debunked: A Logical Critique
Responding to Biased Professors: Asking the Right Questions
Using Logic at College: Faith on
Campus: Is it possible?
LOGIC ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
First Semester
WEEK
Session Lesson(s)/Topic(s)
Exercise(s)/Pages in Text
1.
1-2/Definitions; Genus & Species
1-2
pp. ix-11
2.
3-4/Extension & Intension; Methods of Defining
3-4
pp. 13-22
3.
5-6/Rules for Defining by Genus; Statements
5-6 pp. 23-39
4.
7-9/Self-supporting & Supported Statements;
Relationships between Statements
7-9 pp. 41-54
5.
10-12/Consistency & Disagreement; One Basic
Verb; Standard Categorical Statements
10-12 pp. 55-68
6.
13-14/The Square of Opposition; Contradiction
13-14
pp. 69-77
7.
15-18/Contrariety; Subcontrariety; Implication
15-17 pp. 79-96
8.
19-20/Arguments; The Syllogism
18-19 pp. 109-119
9.
21-22/Moods & Figures of Syllogisms
20-21 pp. 121-128
10. 23-25/Truth
& Validity; Testing Syllogisms by
Counterexample; Distributed Terms
22-23 pp. 129-141
11. 26/Testing
Syllogisms by Rules
24-25 pp. 143-152
12. 27-28/Immediate
Inferences; Translating Ordinary
Statements
26-28 pp. 159-172
13. 29-30/Translating
Inclusive & Exclusive Statements;
Enthymemes
29-32 pp. 173-188
14. 31-32/Hypothetical
Syllogisms; Estab. Conclusions 33-35
pp. 189-207
15. 33-36/Fallacies of
Distraction, Ambiguity & Form
36-38 pp. 217-236
16. SEMESTER EXAM
Second Semester
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Master Calendar (with Holidays, etc.)
WEEK
Session Lesson(s)/Topic(s)
Exercise(s)/Pages in Text
1.
1-2/Intro. to Propositional Logic; Logical Operators:
Negation; Conjunction; Disjunction
1-2 pp. 1-11
2.
3-5/Truth Tables; The Conditional & Biconditional
3-5
pp. 13-29
3.
6-7/Logical Equivalence & Contradiction; Truth Tables
for Determining Validity
6-7 pp. 31-43
4.
8-9/Shorter Truth Tables; Using Assumed Truth Values
8-9 pp.
45-57
5. 10-11/Shorter Truth
Tables (cont'd)
10-11
pp. 59-65
6. 12/The Dilemma
12 pp. 67-73
7. 13-14/Rules of
Inference & Recog. Rules of Inference 13-14
pp. 87-102
8. 15/Developing Formal
Proofs
15a-15b pp. 103-109
9. 16/The Rules of
Replacement
16 pp. 111-117
10. 17/Practice with Proofs
17a-17b pp. 119-228
11. 18/The Conditional Proof
18 pp. 129-134
12. 19/Reductio ad
Absurdum
19 pp. 135-139
13. 20-21/Proving Rules
Unnecessary/Completeness
20-21
pp. 141-151
14. 22-23/Truth Trees;
Decomposition Rules
22-23
pp. 161-176
15. 24-27/Truth Trees (cont'd)
24-27 pp. 177-198
16. Final Day of Class &
FINAL EXAM
REQUIRED LOGIC TEXTS
First semester:
* Introductory Logic, 4th ed. (2006) by Douglas J. Wilson and James B. Nance:
Textbook (Item # 150);
Exercise Key) (Item # 151)
Second semester: * Intermediate Logic, 2nd ed. (2006) by James B. Nance:
Textbook (Item # 152)
Exercise
Key (Item # 153)
All four of these books are published by Canon Press, Moscow Idaho. These texts
must be
ordered directly from Canon Press, P.O. Box 8741, Moscow, ID 83843. The books may be
ordered onllne at: http://www.canonpress.org/shop/?affillink=OXFOR414061140
Canon Press
also has a toll-free number: 1 800 488-2034.
Course Requirements
Weekly Reading Quizzes
Students are responsible to keep track of the reading and homework schedule which is
posted in each tutorial’s atrium, and to be prepared for a short quiz which will
cover that week’s assignment. The quiz will usually consist of about ten Multiple
Choice questions which the tutor will post on the Chat Screen, one at a time. The quiz
will be given in a "game show" format, with the instructor keeping track of the
students who are first to type in the correct answers. Students are requested to
select the best answer (A, B, C, D) and to send it back to the tutor, via Private Chat.
The tutor keeps track of the results, and will usually announce each week’s top three
winners ("Gold, Silver, Bronze"). The quiz results will not be included in the
student’s final grade. However, the quiz is important the two reasons: 1) to alert
the tutor to each student’s comprehension and progress; and 2) to keep students
motivated and accountable for their weekly reading assignments. In addition, the
competitive "game format" adds a dimension of excitement and camaraderie.
Weekly SAT and AP Quizzes
In addition to the weekly reading quizzes students should also be prepared for a weekly
quiz over each week’s SAT vocabulary and AP literary terms. All literature students
(C. S. Lewis, GBT 1, GBT 2, GBT 3, J. R. R. Tolkien), as well as the Logic and Rhetoric
students, are expected to keep track of the assigned SAT vocabulary and AP literacy (terms
and authors). Students should have received copies of these lists via email from the
tutor. The SAT vocabulary and AP literary terms are also posted on the website in the
AP/SAT Atrium:
http://www.oxfordtutorials.com/AP%20SAT%20Atrium.htm As with the weekly reading quizzes, the results will not be
including in the grades. However, these quizzes are important for two reasons: 1) to
assist students in expanding their vocabularies for their own enrichment and
understanding; 2) to prepare students for the SAT exam (typically the single most
important factor in college admissions).
Semester and Final Exams
Students should also be prepared for a Semester Exam at the end of the first semester, and
a Final Exam during the final week of class. It is up to the tutor whether to make this
exam a "Take-Home" or "In-Class" format. The "Take-Home"
exam will be sent to students the week before. They will be allowed to pick their own time
to do the exam, before the final class. The "In-Class" format will require
students to complete the exam during the final class session. These exams may include any
of the material covered in class and in the homework assignments. Students may also
be tested on the AP literary terms (definitions).