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                                              LOGIC ATRIUM 
                                                      Course Schedule
                                                                Logical Fallacies
                                                               Glossary of Terms
                                                              Required Textbooks
                                                 
                                                                                                            
                                                             

LOGIC ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE

    *  Revised (9.16.06) to correlate with the new editions (2006)

First Semester
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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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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.               3-4/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.