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Units

• LOGISTICS, RESOURCES, & REGISTRATION 
• Unit 1 : Def­i­n­i­tions Start log­ic by defin­ing your terms 2 weeks
  • § 1–3 : Def­i­n­i­tionsHow to cre­ate a clear, pre­cise def­i­n­i­tion. 45 min
  • § 4–5 : Meth­ods of Defin­ingLearn the dif­fer­ent meth­ods for defin­ing our terms 45 min
• Unit 2 : State­ments State­ments and how to use them in log­ic 4 weeks
  • § 6–10 : State­mentsAll about state­ments: What are they and what kinds are there 45 min
  • § 11–13 : Cat­e­gor­i­cal State­mentsCat­e­gor­i­cal state­ments and how to use them in log­ic 45 min
  • § 14–16 : Square of Oppo­si­tionMem­o­riz­ing the square of oppo­si­tion by under­stand­ing how it works 45 min
  • § 17–18 : Impli­ca­tionsUse the square of oppo­si­tion to study impli­ca­tions 45 min
• Unit 3 : Syl­lo­gism Learn how to cre­ate a true and valid argu­ment 3 weeks
  • § 19–22 : The Syl­lo­gismThe syl­lo­gism is the base for any sound argu­ment 45 min
  • § 23–25 : Truth & Valid­i­tyLearn what makes an argu­ment true, valid, and sound. 45 min
  • § 26 : Test­ing Syl­lo­gismsLearn how to test syl­lo­gisms for valid­i­ty 45 min
• Unit 4 : Log­i­cal Argu­ments I Trans­late ordi­nary sen­tences to log­ic state­ments and ana­lyze them for valid­i­ty. 3 weeks
  • § 27–28 : Infer­encesLearn to trans­late nor­mal eng­lish sen­tences into log­ic state­ments 45 min
  • § 29–30 : Inclu­sive & Exclu­siveExplore what an inclu­sive and exclu­sive term means in a log­i­cal argu­ment 45 min
  • § 31–32 : Hypo­thet­i­cal Syl­lo­gismsLearn how to cre­ate a hypo­thet­i­cal state­ment and deter­mine the valid­i­ty 45 min
• Unit 5 : Fal­lac­i­es Learn about infor­mal fal­lac­i­es, what are they and when do peo­ple use them and why 2 weeks
  • § 33–34 : Fal­lac­i­esLearn about fal­lac­i­es of dis­trac­tion and fal­lac­i­es of ambi­gu­i­ty 45 min
  • § 35–36 : Detect­ing Fal­lac­i­esLearn how to detect fal­lac­i­es in a nor­mal con­ver­sa­tion 45 min
• Intro­duc­to­ry Log­ic Review Do you know what to review for the semes­ter assess­ment? 1 hr
• Unit 1 : Truth Tables Get start­ed with the spe­cial lan­guage of log­ic! 4 weeks
  • § 1–3 : Propo­si­tion­al Log­icLearn about the sym­bols used in propo­si­tion­al log­ic 45 min
  • § 4–6 : Equiv­a­lence & Con­tra­dic­tionLearn about the terms used and how they are expressed in sym­bols 45 min
  • § 7–9 : Truth TablesLearn about cre­at­ing and using truth tables to deter­mine valid­i­ty of argu­ments 45 min
  • § 10–12 : The Dilem­maLearn about the dilem­ma and how to deal with it in log­ic 45 min
• Unit 2 : For­mal Proofs dive into the laws sur­round­ing a for­mal proof 5 weeks
  • § 13–14 : Rules of Infer­enceLearn the rules of infer­ence that we use to prove for­mal argu­ments 45 min
  • § 15–16 : For­mal ProofsLearn how to use our rules to com­plete a for­mal proof 1 hr
  • § 17 : Prac­tice with ProofsPrac­tice com­plet­ing for­mal proofs 45 min
  • § 18–19 : The Con­di­tion­alLearn how to use the con­di­tion­al in a for­mal proof 45 min
  • § 20–21 : Prov­ing RulesExplore the neces­si­ty of rules, or are they? 45 min
• Unit 3 : Truth Trees Work with paths to valid­i­ty using truth trees 3 weeks
  • § 22–23 : Truth TreesLearn the basics of break­ing an argu­ment down to its sim­ple lit­er­als 45 min
  • § 24–25 : Con­struct­ing Truth Treesprac­tice work­ing with truth trees to deter­mine tau­tol­ogy and self-con­tra­dic­tion 45 min
  • § 26 — 27 : Valid­i­ty with Truth TreesUse truth trees to test an argu­ment for valid­i­ty 45 minn
• Unit 4 : Argu­ments II Prac­tice using our log­ic tools in actu­al argu­ments 1 week
  • § 28 : Actu­al Argu­mentsPrac­tice apply­ing the log­ic rules to actu­al argu­ments 1 week
• Unit 5 : Dig­i­tal Log­ic Explore the world of dig­i­tal log­ic and apply those think­ing skills to the com­put­er world 4 weeks
  • § 29–31 : Num­ber BasesLearn how to con­vert our base 10 num­bers to base 2 and the elec­tron­ic world 45 min
  • § 32–35 : Log­ic GatesSee how com­put­ers use the log­i­cal oper­a­tors to per­form tasks 45 min
  • § 35–37 : Sim­pli­fi­ca­tion RulesLearn about apply­ing our log­ic rules to our bina­ry gates 45 min
  • § 38–40 : Kar­naugh Map­pingLearn how to cre­ate a cir­cuit from a truth table 45 min
• Inter­me­di­ate Log­ic Review Review inter­me­di­ate log­ic by com­plet­ing some prac­tice prob­lems in prepa­ra­tion for the assess­ment 1 week
  • Log­ic Review IIReview inter­me­di­ate log­ic includ­ing dig­i­tal log­ic 45 min

Quizzes

• Log­ic I Assess­ment Final assess­ment for both the intro­duc­to­ry and inter­me­di­ate log­ic texts 2 hr