Discussion Handouts

First Discussion Section: Problems 1 (Soundness and Validity, Triangle Puzzle, LSAT arguments)

Second Discussion Section: Problems 2 (Translation and Context), A Brief History of Logic and The Language SL

Third Discussion Section: Problems 3 (Truth-Functional Consistency, Tiger Puzzle, LSAT puzzle)

Fourth Discussion Section: Problems 4 (Truth-Functional Entailment, Knights and Knaves, The "Reasonable Doubt" Argument)

Fifth Discussion Section: Problems 5 (Fitch Scope Structures, SD Derivations) and Derivation

Solution to Practice Test

Sixth Discussion Section: BERTIE3 (How to use the Software)

Seventh Discussion Section: Problems 6 (SD validity, SD inconsistency, theorems of SD, etc.) and A Strategy for SD+.

Eighth Discussion Section: PL (Common PL forms, truth on an interpretation) 

Solution to Second Practice Test

Ninth Discussion Section: Venn Diagrams (and LSAT puzzles)

Tenth Discussion Section: PD (Presidential proofs, Aristotelian logic, strategy for PD derivations)

Eleventh Discussion Section: PD Practice Problems

Twelfth Discussion: More Practice (for final)

Solution to Practice for Final

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Revised: June 29, 2003