MAT 355 - Logical Reasoning

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Peirce College

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Description:

Prerequisite: Any 100 or 200 level Mathematics class; MAT 101 or MAT 102 is recommendedThis course engages students in critical analysis of propositions for evaluation of truth or falsity and of arguments for evaluation of validity or invalidity. Students analyze elementary arguments and logical fallacies, design truth tables, and evaluate categorical, disjunctive, and hypothetical syllogisms in symbolic and linguistic form. Students solve problems in natural language and symbolic form in deductive propositional logic, deductive predicate logic, and inductive logic. Among the latter topics are Mill's methods, arguments by analogy, statistical reasoning, and explanation. Students alsoinvestigate contributions of prominent logicians and interpret readings in logical analysis.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.peirce.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 467-3472

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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