PHIL 3010 - Modern Philosophy [Syllabus]
This course is a survey of philosophy in the Modern Era, beginning with Descartes and running up through Kant. The broad theme this course will take is regarding the nature of reality – encompassing key ideas in the development of modern science and the quest for knowledge. As such, various epistemological and metaphysical themes will be explored, including some historical context.
PHIL 2250 - Deductive Logic [Syllabus]
We have an intuition that some arguments just make sense, while others do not. Logic is the study of proper (and improper) reasoning, which explains the relationship between valid and invalid arguments. This course will be an introduction to the rules and techniques of deductive arguments and reasoning, including the relationship between premises and its conclusion, truth tables and syllogisms, the logical fallacies, and the rules of natural deduction. Translating between natural language and formal symbols will be a point of focus.
This course is a survey of philosophy in the Modern Era, beginning with Descartes and running up through Kant. The broad theme this course will take is regarding the nature of reality – encompassing key ideas in the development of modern science and the quest for knowledge. As such, various epistemological and metaphysical themes will be explored, including some historical context.
PHIL 2250 - Deductive Logic [Syllabus]
We have an intuition that some arguments just make sense, while others do not. Logic is the study of proper (and improper) reasoning, which explains the relationship between valid and invalid arguments. This course will be an introduction to the rules and techniques of deductive arguments and reasoning, including the relationship between premises and its conclusion, truth tables and syllogisms, the logical fallacies, and the rules of natural deduction. Translating between natural language and formal symbols will be a point of focus.