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Introduction to Logic

This collection contains the California Open Educational Resources Council (CA OER) list of peer-reviewed textbooks for Introduction to Logic (common course-id PHIL 110), one of the top 50 college courses identified for inclusion in the California Open Online Library for Education (COOLforEd).

CID Number: PHIL 110

General Course Description: PHIL 110

This course introduces some principles of valid reasoning with emphasis on deductive logic. The course must include a study of formal techniques of sentential logic. The course may also include a treatment of inductive reasoning, language, or fallacies.

Minimum Units: 3.0

Date Added to MERLOT:: October 2, 2015
Created by:: California Open Education Resource Council CA OER
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Prerequisites

Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None

Advisories/Recommendations: Eligibility for College Composition (C-ID ENGL 100)

Pedagogical Approach & Learning Outcomes

Pedagogical Approach

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Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of deductive reasoning and competence in some methods of formal logic.

Assessment & Other Information

Assessment

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Course Resources

A Modern Formal Logic Primer (Open (Access) Textbook)

This is a two-volume introduction to formal logic. Volume I presents sentence logic and Volume II covers predicate logic... More

This is a two-volume introduction to formal logic. Volume I presents sentence logic and Volume II covers predicate logic and metatheory. It features easy-to-understand explanations and graded exercises. Each volume is broken into individual chapters. And each volume has an associated solutions manual (the last item under each volume). There is a file with corrections to both the text and the answer manual. Also, note a file with the diagrammatic summary of the rules that appeared on the inside cover of the published version of the primer. All files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF 6 format. They require version 6, or newer, of Adobe, which can be downloaded here. All files are fully searchable.
Formal Logic (Open (Access) Textbook)

This is an undergraduate college level textbook covering first order predicate logic with identity but omitting... More