포스테키안 핵심역량: 창의융합(70%), 지식탐구(30%)

This syllabus and schedule are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances. If you are absent from class, it is your responsibility to check on announcements made while you were absent.

Instructor: Chunghyoung Lee (이충형)
Office: Hogil Kim Memorial Building 418
Office phone: 031-279-2025
Office hours: TTh 1:50-2:50pm and by appointment
Email: chung@postech.ac.kr
Dept Office: Hogil Kim Memorial Building 401
Dept Phone: 054-279-3811
Class Meetings: TTh 12:30-1:45pm
Required Texts: Simple Formal Logic by Arnold vander Nat
Publisher: Routledge (2010, First Edition) Language: English ISBN-13: 978-0415997454
3 copies of the textbook are reserved for the class at the library. Copies are available for purchase at various internet bookstores. Students may freely place an order at any bookstore and purchase any used copy from other students. You can view the first chapter of the textbook on the e-class page.

Prerequisites: None

Course Description: The main goal of this course is to improve critical and logical reasoning skills. Students will see how our ordinary intuitions on good or bad reasoning can be articulated explicitly in formal systems, and so gain a new ability to evaluate arguments and reasoning they encounter every day, with rigorous logical concepts and tools. The course also aims to provide an understanding of a basis on which human rationality (including all human intellectual activities) stands – what the basis of logical reasoning is. The course also prepares students for more advanced logic courses.
Lecture 80%, Discussion 20%.

Primary Learning Outcomes: Students will gain abilities to
Distinguish arguments from non-arguments;
Distinguish between deductive and a variety of non-deductive arguments;
Figure out what the premises and conclusion of a given argument are;
Use rigorous logical concepts and tools such as truth table, Venn Diagram, Proof methods;
Develop their skills in applying these concepts and tools in order to analyze and critically evaluate arguments;
Recognize ambiguity/vagueness/indefiniteness of linguistic expressions;
Efficiently recognize fallacies;
Construct convincing and sound arguments;
Understand the basic structures of formal and natural languages

Course Format: The class will be a mixture of lecture and discussion. I expect you all to show up having read the assignment for that meeting and ready to use it as a point of departure. It is the nature of the issues we will be considering that people’s views will differ. You are encouraged to question your classmates (and me) when anyone says something you disagree with, but everyone should always keep in mind that disagreement is not a personal attack.

Prerequisites: None

Reading Assignments: Philosophical writing is often subtle and difficult. Do not be fooled by the shortness of an assignment into thinking that it will take little time. Most of these readings should be read at least twice. I recommend a first time straight through and then a second time slowly while taking notes. And you have to bring your textbook and distributed handouts to every meeting.
Attendance & Class Participation: I will regularly check the attendance. If you have to miss a class, try to let me know in advance. You are responsible for all material covered in class, including announcements, assignments, etc. – whether you are in class or not. Announcements are usually made at the beginning of class, so please be on time. Also, your contributions to class discussion count for your grade. You are highly expected to show up having read the assignment for the day and ready to talk about it.
If you come to class late or leave class early, it will be considered as a half-absence. Two half-absences are counted as the absence of one meeting. You are deducted 20 pts for each missed class after missing 3 class meetings.

Submitting Assignments and Late Policy: Each of the assignment should be submitted on (or before) the due date before the class starts unless specified otherwise. If your work is late, either your work is not accepted or penalty imposed as follows: 10% off your total points if your assignment is submitted after the class begins but before it ends; 20% off if after the class ends but on the same day; 20% + 10% for each additional day; all these hold as long as the answers are not given before your assignment is submitted. After the answers are given (in class), no assignment is accepted.

How to answer homework and exam questions: Give just one answer to each question unless you are asked to give multiple answers. If you give more than one answer to a question that does not ask you to give multiple answers, I will arbitrarily select any one of them as yours.

Evaluation: Homework Assignments – 23 % (230pts, 7 Assignments, 30 pts each except for the 7th hw assignment which is worth 50pts)
Online Quizzes – 10% (100pts)
1st short Mid-term Exam – 10% (100pts)
2nd long Mid-term Exam (Comprehensive) – 15% (150 pts)
3rd short Mid-term Exam – 10 % (100 pts)
Final Exam (Comprehensive) – 22% (220 pts)
Attendance – 10% (100 pts: 20 pts deduction for each missed class after missing 3 class meetings)
Total: 1000pts (or more with extra credit activities)

Grading Standards
A+ 950 ~ 1000 B+ 800 ~ 849 C+ 640 ~ 699 D+ 460 ~ 519 F 0-339
A0 900 ~ 949 B0 750 ~ 799 C0 580 ~ 639 D0 400 ~ 459
A¬¬– 850 ~ 899 B¬¬– 700 ~ 749 C¬¬– 520 ~ 579 D¬¬– 340 ~ 399
For example, a student with total points greater than or equal to 950 is guaranteed to get an A+. Yet, it may (possibly, but do not count on this) happen that a student with total points less than 950 may get an A+ depending on the overall class distribution. These rules may not apply if you miss the final exam, or two or more mid-term exams. If you miss two or more mid-term exams or the final exam, you may get an F.

Class Schedule

Week 1 Introduction& Logical Concepts
Week 2 Truth and Validity
Week 3 Basic Forms of Reasoning
Week 4 Propositional Logic
Week 5 Propositional Logic
Week 6 Truth Table Definitions
Week 7 Truth Table Method
Week 8 Exam 2
Week 9 Meaning and Definition
Week 10 Quantificational Logic
Week 11 Quantificational Logic
Week 12 Review & Exam 3
Week 13 Logical Fallacies
Week 14 Logical Fallacies
Week 15 Causation and Correlation
Week 16 FINAL EXAM

Course Format: The class will be a mixture of lecture and discussion. I expect you all to show up having read the assignment for that meeting and ready to use it as a point of departure. It is the nature of the issues we will be considering that people’s views will differ. You are encouraged to question your classmates (and me) when anyone says something you disagree with, but everyone should always keep in mind that disagreement is not a personal attack.

General Information and Policy
1. Disability: If you have a disability that may require assistance or accommodation, or you have questions related to any accommodations for testing, note-takers, readers, etc., please speak with your instructor as soon as possible.
2. Make-up Policy: You can take a make-up exam if (1) you have such a conflict as a religious observance, a University-sponsored event you participate in that takes place at the exam time, or any medical reasons; (2) you provide me with relevant evidence such as a doctor’s note.
3. Presence: You can sign on a paper sign-in sheet only if you are present in class. Asking implicitly or explicitly anyone other than you to sign in for you is cheating. In case you find your name box on a sign-sheet filled by someone else, you must let me know immediately. Anyone who intentionally puts anything in a box that contains the name of another student is committing cheating. If you cheat once on presence/absence management, you will get an F and the incidents will be reported to the University.
4. PLAGIARISM: No student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data of another person as the student’s own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, research, project or assignment in a course or program of study. That means that you have to cite all your sources. If you don’t, you get 0 on the assignment (and maybe the course, depending on how serious it is), and a letter from the university office. Handing in an identical paper to another student is also considered plagiarism. So take it seriously. If you’re having a problem with an assignment, or if you aren’t sure whether something is plagiarism, come see me and I’ll help you to do it properly.
5. EXTENSIONS: Extensions will not be given simply because you didn’t plan well enough. Plan ahead, and save yourself problems. A late assignment will be accepted without any penalty if there is an exceptional reason for the work to be late, including such things as illness, might be accepted with some penalty in some situations, or may not be accepted in some cases. However, I highly encourage you to talk with me if you want to make up for any missing assignment.
6. Collaboration: You may collaborate with your classmates for solving problems that are not hw questions. However, you should not discuss with other people about any hw problems, nor show your hw answers to others, nor compare your answers with others’ before submitting your final work – by others I mean not just students taking this class but any people. You ought not to use any materials you have acquired from other people to do hw assignments. The final work to be submitted must be your own one. Anyone who does not abide by these rules will get an F and the incidents will be reported to the University.