Assignments
Reading assignment due Thursday, Sept 4: Read sections 1.1 and 1.2 of the textbook. Pick a few odd-numbered problems and try them out (answers are in the back of the book) before coming to class.
Reading assignment due Monday, Sept 8: Read sections 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5. If you find yourself zoning out while you read, or not able to do any odd-numbered problems on your own after you read, take a look at these
notes.
Reading assignment due Wednesday, Sept 10: 2.1, 2.2
Reading assignment due Friday, Sept 12: 2.3, 2.4
Reading assignment due Monday, Sept 15: 3.1, 3.2
Reading assignment due Wed, Sept 17: 3.3, 3.4
Reading assignment due Fri, Sept 19: 3.5
Homework Assignment 1 due Friday, Sept 19.
- From Chapter 1: 1.1.16, 1.2.24, 1.3.24, 1.5.6, 1.5.8, Quiz on p. 17
- From Chapter 2: 2.1.10, 2.1.12, 2.2.8, 2.2.12, 2.3.8, 2.4.12.
- Also: Find an argument (from a newspaper editorial, article you read for another class, or somewhere online) with at least five premises. Diagram it. Make a copy of the original argument and turn it in with your diagram.
Reading assignment due Mon, Sept 22: 4.1
Reading assignment due Wed, Sept 24: 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Reading assignment due Fri, Sept 26: 4.5
Reading assignment due Mon, Sept 29: 5.1
Reading assignment due Wed, Oct 1: 5.2
Reading assignment due Fri, Oct 3: 5.3, 5.4
Homework Assignment 2 due Friday, Oct 3.
- From Chapter 3: 3.1.8, 3.1.10, 3.1.12, 3.2.6, 3.2.12, 3.3.10, 3.4.6, 3.4.8, 3.4.10, and any even numbered argument from 3.5
- From Chapter 4: 4.1.6, 4.1.10, 4.3.8, 4.3.14, 4.4.8, 4.4.(8, 9, 10, 12)
The quiz on Friday will have two parts: in part one, you will be asked to write down the truth tables for the connectives "and", "or", "if... then", and "if and only if". In part two, you will analyze an argument using the "shortcut method" from section 5.2. Email me if you have questions.
Reading assignment due Monday, Oct 6: 5.5 Also, I sent an email with an argument. Diagram it for Monday's class.
Reading assignment due Wed, Oct 8: 5.6 The quiz will cover the vocabulary from section 5.3. Be sure you know the definitions and how to apply them.
Reading assignment due Fri, Oct 8: 6.1, 6.2
Reading assignment due Mon, Oct 13: 6.4
Reading assignment due Wed, Oct 15: 7.1
Reading assignment due Fri, Oct 17: 7.2, 7.3
Homework Assignment 3 due Friday, Oct 17.
- From Chapter 5: 5.1.14, 5.1.20, 5.3.6, 5.3.4, 5.3.10, 5.4.6, 5.4.12, 5.5.2, 5.6.6, 5.6.12, 5.6.18
- From Chapter 6: 6.1.8, 6.1.14, 6.1.20, 6.1.28, 6.2.10, 6.4.4
Reading assignment due Wed, Oct 22: 7.5, 8.1
Reading assignment due Fri, Oct 24: Start thinking about your project. To begin with, go to
http://sweetreason2ed.com/home.html and skim through a theme or two (or three) that interests you. We will have short individual discussions about your possible topic and what your project might look like, so come prepared with ideas.
Reading assignment due Mon, Oct 27: 8.3
Reading assignment due Wed, Oct 29: 9.1
Short presentations due Fri, Oct 31: Four minute presentations to the class on what you plan to do for your project.
Reading assignment due Mon, Nov 3: 9.2
Check-in with Julie Wed, Nov 5: Time to work on your project and meet with Julie to discuss progress.
Reading assignment due Fri, Nov 7: 9.4
Reading assignment due Mon, Nov 10: 10.1
Project presentations Wed, Nov 12 and Fri, Nov 14
Homework Assignment 4 due Monday, Nov. 17
- From Chapter 7: 7.1.6, 7.2.8, 7.3.6, 7.3.10
- From Chapter 8: 8.1.4, 8.1.8, 8.1.28, 8.3.6, 8.3.12
- From Chapter 9: 9.1.2, 9.1.4, 9.2.6, 9.2.14, 9.4.6, 9.4.8
Reading assignment due Mon, Nov 17: 10.2
Reading assignment due Wed, Nov 19: 10.4
Reading assignment due Fri, Nov 21: 11.1
Reading assignment due Mon, Nov 24: 11.2
Reading assignment due Wed, Nov 26: Canceled
Homework Assignment 5 due Monday, Dec. 1
- From Chapter 10: 10.1.10, 10.2.8, 10.4.4, 10.4.8
- From Chapter 11: 11.1.4, 11.1.10, 11.1.14, 11.2.8, 11.2.12
Reading assignment due Mon, Dec 1: 11.5
Reading assignment due Wed, Dec 3: 12.1
Reading assignment due Fri, Dec 5: 12.2
Reading assignment due Mon, Dec 8: 12.5
Reading assignment due Wed, Dec 10: Review
Homework Assignment 6 due Monday, Dec. 8
- From Chapter 11: 11.5.4, 11.5.8, 11.5.12, 11.5.16
- From Chapter 12: 12.1.2, 12.1.6, 12.2.4, 12.2.10
Homework Assignment 7 (Review) due Friday, Dec 12 by 8:30 am, to be returned to you by 11:30 am
I will be in my office on Thursday, Dec 11 from 8:30-11:30 am to answer any questions you have about these.
This may look like a lot, but think of it as a bunch of problems you would already do on your own to prepare for the final exam. We will take some time in class on Monday, Dec 8 (continuing) to work on these problems. Wednesday will be review day. Come prepared with questions about these problems, others from past homework assignments and quizzes, and any other general questions you have about the material.
- Chapter 3: 3.2.8, 3.3.6, 3.4.4, 3.4.6, 3.5.2
- Chapter 4: 4.1.8, 4.1.4, 4.3.6, 4.3.12
- Chapter 5: 5.1.2, 5.1.4, 5.1.6, 5.1.22, 5.2.6, 5.3.8, 5.4.4, 5.4.10, 5.4.20, 5.6.4, 5.6.10, 5.6.16
- Chapter 6: 6.1.10, 6.1.16, 6.1.22, 6.1.26, 6.2.8, 6.2.10, 6.4.6
- Chapter 7: 7.1.8, 7.2.4, 7.3.8
- Chapter 8: 8.1.6, 8.3.4
- Chapter 9: 9.1.8, 9.2.6, 9.4.4
- Chapter 10: 10.1.8, 10.2.6, 10.2.10, 10.4.6
- Chapter 11: 11.1.2, 11.2.4, 11.2.10, 11.5.2, 11.5.6, 11.5.10
- Chapter 12: 12.1.8, 12.2.6, 12.2.8
- Also: Diagram the argument of 2.3.6 and write a (clear, in paragraph form) rebuttal in which you attack at least two premises and at least two inferences. Be sure to make it clear which parts of the original argument you are attacking.
Final Exam Saturday, Dec 13 at 1:00 pm
You need to know the in and out rules from chapters 9-11. The rules from chapter 12 will be provided to you.
