I am interested in taking a distance learning logic course. Have any of you taken Phil 113 Logic through Colorado Community Colleges Online? Which distance learning logic courses would you recommend?
Unfortunately, I don't know of any DL logic classes offhand. But as somebody who has taken several logic classes, I'll say that there are two kinds of introductory logic classes. There are critical-thinking-type logic classes. These emphasize informal logic, logical fallacies and stuff like that. Their purpose is to sharpen up students' reasoning skills. These kind of classes are often taken as general education by non-philosophy majors. And there are technical introductions to formal logic. These classes typically cover first-order predicate calculus through quantification, emphasizing proofs. These kind of classes are typically taken as major courses by philosophy, mathematics and computer science majors. So be clear about which kind of logic class you want to take and what kind of class you are enrolling in. The course description should make it clear.
I`m thinking of taking one of these: http://scs.indiana.edu/univ/subjects/courses/phil/philp105.html http://scs.indiana.edu/univ/subjects/courses/phil/philp150.html
I am taking Logic, Sets and Recursions through U of Texas-Austin It's a very good class for Computer Science and Math majors. There is a logic course for philosophy majors offered there as well, I think, taught by the same Professor. I really like the course guide taht that prof wrote, it is very helpful and thorough. Elizabeth
Re: I am taking Logic, Sets and Recursions through U of Texas-Austin Hello Elizabeth, Does your class cover some of the same material that is taught in discrete math? I would like to study Aristotelian logic and inductive reasoning first and then I intend to study symbolic logic later on.
Re: Re: I am taking Logic, Sets and Recursions through U of Texas-Austin Yes, it does cover some of the material usually taught in discrete math. http://utdirect.utexas.edu/ecweb/cenroll1.wb?dept=PHL&crse=313K_&unique=N08/97_
