Vincent Van Gogh, Wheatfield With Crows, 1890

Course Materials

• Course syllabus and schedule (pdf file)
• Handouts
  • For test 1: Basic logical concepts
    • on recognizing arguments (pdf)
    • on deduction and induction (pdf)
    • on validity and soundness (pdf)
    • on strength and cogency (pdf)
  • For test 2: Informal reasoning
    • sample fallacies of relevance (pdf)
    • sample fallaces of weak induction (pdf)
    • sample fallacies of presumption (pdf)
• Test Review Questions
  • Test 1: Basic logical concepts (pdf)
  • Test 2: Informal fallacies (pdf)
  • Test 3: Propositional logic (to be posted)
  • Test 4: Natural deduction in propositional logic (to be posted)
  • Test 5: Predicate logic (to be posted)
  • Test 6: Induction (to be posted)
• Homework available at CengageNow