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TCC Catalog 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PHI2100 Introductory Logic3 credit hour(s) | Fall | Spring
Prerequisite(s): satisfactory completion of the general education communications requirement.
This course consists of an introduction to Aristotelian logic, which is the deductive reasoning whose origin is attributed to Aristotle. Additionally, topics in symbolic logic, fallacies and inductive reasoning are developed. The topics covered include basic concepts, inductive and deductive arguments, informal fallacies, categorical propositions, categorical syllogisms, propositional logic, natural deduction and the rules of inference and the rules of replacement, conditional and indirect proofs and proving logical truths. Lecture: 3 hours. Substantial writing component. Fulfills state writing requirement.
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