******************************************* *** Phil 370 class meetings *** Version of: 2017/10/17 ******************************************* * Monday, 8/28 Topic: Fitch style natural deduction, implication Readings assigned: Thomason, Ch 3 * Wednesday, 8/30 Topic: Fitch style natural deduction, full system Readings assigned: Thomason, Ch 4 Homework assigned * Monday, 9/4 No class - Labor Day Homework collected * Wednesday, 9/6 Topic: Review of Fitch style deductions Homework assigned * Monday, 9/11 Topic: Quantifiers in Fitch style deduction Readings assigned: Zach et al, Ch 1 Homework collected * Wednesday, 9/13 (Casey Enos guest lecturer) Topic: Review of some quantifier proofs Homework assigned * Monday, 9/18 Topic: More on quantifiers, sets introduced Readings assigned: Zach et al, Ch 2 and 3 Homework collected * Wednesday, 9/20 nnn Topic: Sets, relations Homework collected * Monday, 9/25 Topic: Sets, relations Readings assigned: Zach et al, appendix on induction Homework collected Announcement: take home test Monday 10/2, due following Monday, brief in class component Wednesday, 10/4 * Wednesday, 9/27 * Monday, 10/2 * Wednesday, 10/4 * Monday, 10/9 Exam #1 handed out; take home, due 10/16 Topic: Basic semantic concepts Readings assigned: Thomason, Chapter 6 (semantics) * Wednesday, 10/11 Topic: Tableaux systems Readings assigned: Priest, Chapter 1, Sections 1.1-1.5 * Monday, 10/16 Exam #1 due Practice questions for Exam #2 handed out Topic: more on semantics, tableaux * Wednesday, 10/18 Exam #1 handed back Topic: Review of practice question for Exam #2 * Monday, 10/23 Exam #2: in class, 45 minutes Reading assigned: Priest, Section 1.11 * Wednesday, 10/25 Topic: Soundness of tableaux system * Monday, 10/30 Topic: Soundness of tableaux system * Wednesday, 11/1 Topic: completeness of tableaux system * Monday, 11/6 Practice questions for Exam #2 handed out Topic: completeness of tableaux system * Wednesday, 11/8 Practice questions for Exam #3 handed out * Monday, 11/13 Exam #2: in class, 1 hour * Wednesday, 11/15 * Monday, 11/20 * Wednesday, 11/22 * Monday, 11/27 * Wednesday, 11/29 * Monday, 12/4 * Wednesday, 12/6 * Monday, 12/11 Exam #4: in class: 1 hour