Philosophy 5312: Seminar in Logic
Fall, 2024

Professor Joel Velasco
Office: 251C (Eng/Phil building)
Office Hours: M, T, W 11:30-12:30 or by appointment

Class meets Mon, Wed, 10:00-11:20 in Humanities 259  

All of the boilerplate information such as course policies and the grading scheme can be found on the syllabus. The readings and assignments for the course are below.

Syllabus

Required Books:

Philosophical Logic by John MacFarlane. Routledge, 2021.

You should check this website reguarly for updates. All readings should be done before the date they are listed here. Come to class on that day prepared to discuss them. Homework assignments are due at the beginning of class on the date they are listed.

This is a tentative schedule/reading list:

Week 1 - Ch 1

Week 2 - Ch 1

Week 3 - Ch 1

Week 4 -

Week 5 -

Week 6 - Introduction to Modal Logic

Week 7 - Natural Deduction in Modal Logic

Week 8 - definite descriptions

Week 9 - Modal predicate logic

Week 10 - Indicative Conditionals

Week 11 -

Week 12 -

Week 13 -

Week 14 -

Week 15 -

Final assignment