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Summer 2015
Summer 2015
the easiest of disciplines, but if you promise to have patience and determination, I promise that this course will
be fun and rewarding.
The course will be taught in a series of lectures, in an interactive classroom environment. That said, the
courses location will most likely be my house in Defense, Lahore. The classroom will be air conditioned, and
drinks, as well as snacks, are free of charge.
In this course we will have four lectures a week, with the total duration of the course being two weeks (see
more below in course details). In each lecture we will first study the concepts in the syllabus, and then well
do multiple examples to hone the concepts home. With each lecture short lecture notes will be given, as well
as compulsory homework exercises, and non-compulsory exercises.
Course Details
Duration: 2 weeks (lectures) + 2 days (exams)
Dates: 22nd of June (Monday) 3rd of July (Friday) [all days inclusive]
Date of exam: TBA
Days and hours: 4 days/week with 3 hours lessons each day
Total days and hours: 10 days (4 days/week for two weeks + 2 exam days), around 28 hours in total (of
which 24 hours are of lessons) + 30 minute private tutorial to discuss personal issues
Summer 2015
Syllabus
Week One
1. Introduction to logical philosophy; of basic terminology; non-formal logic systems; discussion of
types of paradoxes; fun logical puzzles and famous paradoxes; important definitions in philosophy;
introduction to logical fallacies
2. Introduction to Aristotelian logic: syllogistic logic; deductive logic rules; different tests (star-test,
Venn diagram); logic symbology; translations and harder logical wffs; basics of stoic logic
3. Further syllogistic logic; inductive syllogistic logic; overview of Mills methods; probability theory;
idiomatic sentences
4. Further inductive logic; analogical reasoning; scientific laws; common problems with induction;
review of week one, and problem discussing.
Week Two
1. Introduction to propositions; introduction to propositional symbology; basic propositional logic; truthtables, unknown evaluations; truth-table/truth-assignment test
2. Further propositional logic; Idiomatic sentences; S-rules; I-rules; mixing S-I rules; extended
inferences
3. Introduction to Propositional proofs; further proof methods; fundamental laws of logic (excluded
middle, identity, non-contradiction)
4. Discussion of modern logic, history of logical sciences; philosophical logic; scope of logic in sciences
and arts, review of the two weeks.
This is only a rough outline, and the Pythagorean Academy reserves the right to add/subtract material as it
sees fit.