In this course we will cover central aspects of modern formal logic, beginning with an explanation of what constitutes good reasoning.

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November 24, 2022

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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.

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  • Truth-functionality Unlimited
  • Truth-tables and logical properties of compound sentences Unlimited
  • Introduction to meta-theory; mathematical induction Unlimited
  • Soundness of SD/SD+ Unlimited
  • Completeness of SD/SD+ Unlimited
  • Open sentences; free vs Unlimited
  • Identity; functions, translation to and from predicate logic (PL) Unlimited
  • Formal PL/PLE semantics continued; review Unlimited
  • Meta-theory: Soundness of PD, PD+, PDE Unlimited
  • Meta-theory: Completeness of PD Unlimited
  • Meta-theory: Completeness continued; PD+; PDE Unlimited

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