Aristotle was the first to study formal logic. ("Scuolo di Atene" by Raphael Sanzio. Photograph by Image Editor on Flickr.)
Dr. Ephraim Glick
24.241
Fall 2009
Undergraduate
In this course we will cover central aspects of modern formal logic, beginning with an explanation of what constitutes good reasoning. Topics will include validity and soundness of arguments, formal derivations, truth-functions, translations to and from a formal language, and truth-tables. We will thoroughly cover sentential calculus and predicate logic, including soundness and completeness results.