Philosophy 0540: Syllabus

9 September Section 1: Introductory Meeting, Statements
11 September Sections 2-5, 7: Sentential Connectives
14 September Sections 6, 8: Truth-functions, Paraphrase
End of material covered by Problem Set #1: Due 21 September
16 September Section 9: Interpretation
18 September Sections 10-11, 13: Validity, Etc
21 September Section 14: General Laws
Q&A Session: 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
23 September Sections 14-15: General Laws, Disjunctive Normal Form
25 September Section 16 and Review Session: Functional Adequacy
End of material covered by Problem Set #2: Due 2 October
28 September Introduction to Quantification Theory
30 September Sections 18-19: Monadic Quantification
1 October Q&A Session, 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
2 October Sections 20-22: Monadic Paraphrase
End of material covered by Mid-term Examination
Most of the focus of the mid-term will be on material on the first two problem sets.
5 October Section 23: Interpretation
Q&A Session: 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
7 October Section 24: Validity, Etc
9 October Section 27: General Laws, More on Interpretation
End of material covered by Problem Set #3: Due 19 October
12 October

No Class: Columbus Day Holiday

14 October Review Session
15 October Q&A Session, 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
16 October Mid-term Examination
19 October Introduction to Polyadic Quantification Theory
Q&A Session: 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
21 October Sections 28-9: Polyadic Paraphrase
23 October Section 29: Polyadic Paraphrase
26 October Review Session
End of material covered by Problem Set #4: Due 2 November
28 October Section 30: Interpretation
29 October Q&A Session, 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
30 October Sections 30-31: Interpetation, Validity
2 November Sections 31-32: Validity, Etc
Q&A Session: 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
4 November Section 32: Validity, Etc
6 November Review Session
End of material covered by Problem Set #5: Due 13 November
9 November Section 33: Deduction
11 November Section 33: Deduction
12 November Q&A Session, 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
13 November Sections 33-34: Deduction
16 November Review Session
Q&A Session: 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
End of material covered by Problem Set #6: Due 23 November
18 November Additional Session on Deduction
20 November Sections 41-42: Identity
23 November Sections 41-42: Identity
End of material covered by Problem Set #7: Due 30 November
25–27 November

No Class or Q&A: Thanksgiving Holiday

30 November Section 35: Soundness
Q&A Session: 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
2 December Sections 36-37: Prenex Form
4 December Review Session
End of material covered by Problem Set #8: Due 11 December
10 December Q&A Session, 4-5pm, Smith-Buananno, Room G18
TBA Review Session for Final Exam
17 December, 2pm Final Examination

Richard Heck Department of Philosophy Brown University

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