Clarion-Venango Logic & Inquiry: Calendar

Our Schedule

This is the place to be if you want to know what we'll be doing on any given day. Below is the updated version of our schedule. Please note that it reflects the cancellation of class on 9-28-04. Please remember that this is my best guess of how much material we will cover and it is subject to change once we get underway. The calendar will be updated frequently to reflect our actual progress during the semester.

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Week 1

Week	Date	Material
1	1/17/08	Hand out syllabus, introduce text, outline study of logic Section 1.1 Arguments, Premises and Conclusions Section 1.2 Recognizing Arguments
2	1/24/08	Section 1.3 Deduction and Induction Section 1.4 Validity, Truth & Soundness, Strength, Cogency Section 1.5 Argument Forms: Proving Validity
3	1/31/08	Review Chapter 1 Quiz Chapter 1 Sections 4.1 & 4.2 The Components of Categorical Propositions & Quality, Quantity and Distribution
4	2/7/08	Section 4.3 Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Opposition Section 4.4 Conversion, Obversion and Contraposition Catch-up and problem solving session.
5	2/14/08	Quiz Chapter 4: Sections 4.1-4.4 Section 4.5 The Traditional Square of Opposition top
6	2/21/08	Section 4.6 Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpoint Section 4.7 Translating Ordinary Statements into Categorical Form Section 5.1 Standard Form, Mood and Figure
7	2/28/08	Section 5.2 Venn Diagrams Section 5.3 Rules and Fallacies Review for midterm
8	3/6/08	A student-led review will precede the midterm. Bring your questions to class. MIDTERM
9	3/27/08	Section 6.1 Symbols & Translation
10	4/3/08	Section 6.2 Truth Functions
11	4/10/08	Section 6.3 Truth Tables for Propositions Section 6.4 Truth Tables for Arguments
12	4/17/08	Section 6.5 Indirect Truth Tables Section 6.6 Argument Forms and Fallacies Catch up and solve problems from Chapter 6 Assignment Take-home Quiz Chapter 6 top
13	4/24/08	Take-home Quiz Chapter 6 Due Section 3.1 Fallacies in General Section 3.2 Fallacies of Relevance
14	5/1/08	Section 3.3 Fallacies of Weak Induction Section 3.4 Fallacies of Presumption Review for Final exam
15	5/8/08	Final Exam

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