Introduction to Logic
UndergraduateLTU-PHI30022024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Introduction to Logic
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Represent the structure of natural language statements and arguments in propositional and predicate logic.
- Analyse and evaluate the properties of formal arguments using truth tables and truth trees, and develop critical thinking skills by using these techniques to evaluate real-world arguments.
- Manage some essential meta-logical concepts such as soundness, completeness, and decidability.
- Implement active learning strategies to act as self directed learners who have the capability to use symbolic logic in assessment conditions.
- Investigate a number of discipline specific issues involving logic.
- Formalising Everyday Arguments
- Sentential Logic
- Predicate Logic
- Proof Methods
- Soundness and Completeness
Logic aims to uncover the most general patterns of good reasoning, so as to improve the way we draw inferences and even allow us to automate parts of that process. It is fundamental to the study of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science, and it has strong connections with many disciplines including law, psychology, and linguistics. Reasoning also occurs everywhere, from the privacy of one's own mind to political and scientific debates in the public domain, and all good reasoning is implicitly governed by logical principles. Developing an explicit grasp of those principles then is an important transferrable skill, as that understanding can help one to spot when arguments have gone awry and how to get them back on track. This subject will provide a gentle introduction to some of the basic elements of deductive logic, including the formalisation of arguments, propositional and predicate logic, and an accessible method of proof known as "semantic tableaux". It will also touch on a number of more discipline-specific topics.
This is a level 3 subject. This subject includes live sessions with the expectation of student attendance and participation.
- Online quizzes for weeks 1-12 (1800 words equivalent). Feedback is provided through LMS in the form of the mark, an identification of where points were lost, and an explanation of the correct answers to the problem sets. (40%)
- Final exam (2000 words equivalent). (60%)
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Entry requirements
Others
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed PHI2LOG (Logic: Analytic and Systematic Reasoning) and PHI3LOG (Logic: Analytic & Systematic Reasoning) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
Bachelor of Information Technology
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-HSC-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-CYS-DEG
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