PHI116 Elementary Logic (10 credits)

Year Running: 2016/2017

Credit level: F4

Pre-requisites		No
Co-requisites		No
Pre Uni Qualification		No
Additional Information		No

Description

The course will provide students with knowledge of the fundamental parts of formal logic. It will also teach them a range of associated formal techniques with which they can then analyse and assess arguments. In particular, they will learn the languages of propositional and first-order logic, and they will learn how to use those languages in providing formal representations of everyday claims. They will also learn how to use truth-tables and truth-trees.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	82.0
Lecture	11.0
Tutorial	5.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Exam	2.0	100 %	S2

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2023-24.