COURSE TITLE (A1)— ELEMENTARY LOGIC (PART II):

Introduction to the philosophy of logic

The series of introductory courses on fundamental topics in the philosophy of language and logic No. 1

[ For first-year philosophy undergraduates and above (one term, 3) ]

Lecture time: 10:10-12:00 a.m. Wednesday
Class time: 17:10-18:00 p.m. Monday

In this introductory course for the philosophy of logic, we shall examine the nature of a variety of logical notions which are involved in the construction of elementary logic, both semantically and syntactically, and their philosophical implications.

Texts:


Read, S., Thinking about Logic: An Introduction to the Philosophy
of Logic, Chapter 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Grayling, A. C., An Introduction to Philosophical Logic, 3rd
edition, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1997.
Engel, P., The Norm of Truth: An Introduction to the Philosophy of
Logic, New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991.

Sainsbury, M., Logical Forms: An Introduction to Philosophical
Logic, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991.

Introduction: The development of contemporary philosophy since 1879 (1-3 week)

1.Propositions (Engel (1991): Ch.1; Grayling (1997), Ch. 1.)
2.The meaning of (propositional) connectives (Engel (1991): Ch.2;
Sainsbury (1991): 2.2; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6. 2.7; 2.8)
3.Names, empty names and existence, definite descriptions (Grayling
(1997): Ch. 4; Read (1995), Ch.5; Sainsbury (1991): 4.7; 4.8;
4.10; 4.11; 4.12; 4.20.)
4.Quantification: objectual interpretation vs. substitutional
interpretation ( Engel (1991): Ch.4; Sainsbury (1991): 4.3; 4.4;
4.18; 4.19)
5.Truth and theories of truth (Read (1995): Ch. 1; Grayling (1997):
Chs. 5-6.)
6.Logical consequence (Read (1995): Ch. 2.)
7.Conditionals (Sainsbury (1991): Ch. 3; Read (1995): Ch. 3.)
8.Possible worlds (Read (1995): Ch. 4.)
9.The semantic paradoxes (Read (1995): Ch. 6.)
10.The sorties paradox (Read (1995): Ch. 7.)
11.The constructivist challenge (Read (1995): Ch. 8; Grayling
(1997): Ch. 9.)