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Philosophy 100 General Logic

Contact Information

  • jacob.hale@csun.edu
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  • Office: Sierra Tower 526
  • Office Phone: 818-677-7202
  • Philosophy Department Office: 818-677-2757, ST 522/524
  • Office Hours for Fall 2009: 2:45-3:45 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and by appointment

Instructional Materials

  • Required Textbook: Introduction to Logic, by C. Jacob Hale
  • Syllabus

Homework Assignments

HW 5 Due 9/15/09

HW 4 Due 9/10/09

HW 3 Due 9/08/09

HW 2 Due 9/03/09

HW 1 Due 9/01/09

Important Notices

N/A

Policies

Student Conduct Code

Academic Policy

Class Accommodations

  1. Center On Disabilities
  2. National Center On Deafness

Course Information Overview

Course Description

Catalog Description

Study of deductive and inductive inferences. Attention to formal and informal fallacies and the relations of logic and language. Emphasis on critical thinking and the attainment of skill in it. Not open to students who have completed PHIL 200. (Available for General Education, Basic Skills, Critical Thinking)

Course Prerequisites

1. Completion of GE Basic Skills Analytical Reading and Expository Writing,

and

2. Completion of either GE Basic Skills Mathematics or MATH 210.

Student Learning Objectives

Please see Syllabus (under Instructional Materials, on the left sidebar).

Grading

Please see Syllabus (under Instructional Materials, on the left sidebar) for more information.


Quizzes and Homework Assignments

There will be approximately six quizzes and twelve homework assignments, which will be announced in class. Taken together, your quizzes and homework assignments will count for 50% of your course grade.

Homework assignments will be posted under Instructional Materials (on the left sidebar) either the evening before or the morning of the day they are distributed in class.

Examinations

There will be two examinations, which will be weighted equally to each other. Exams will consist of a multiple choice section (modeled after quiz questions) and a short answer section (modeled after homework assignment questions). Exam #1 will take place about halfway through the semester, and will cover Chapters 1 and 2 of the textbook. Exam #2 will cover Chapters 3 and 4 of the textbook, and will take place on Tuesday, December 8, our last regularly scheduled class meeting. The two exams, taken together, will count for 50% of your course grade.

There will be no final examination.
"Plus"/"minus" grades will not be used in this course.

The following scale will be used to determine course grades:

A: 90% and above

B: 80-89.999...%

C: 70-79.999...%

D: 60-69.999...%

F: less than 60%