PHILAI3 Logic and the Theory of Argumentation, 6 ECTS – Department of History and Philosophy

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PHILAI3 Logic and the Theory of Argumentation 6 ECTS

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The course introduces the different fields of contemporary logic and theory of argumentation. The student may choose to focus on a) classical bivalent propositional and predicate calculus, b) modal logic, or c) theory of argumentation.

Modes of study

Written examination (book exam or lecture exam)

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

One of the following: a. Salminen - Väänänen: Johdatus logiikkaan b. Rantala - Virtanen: Johdatus modaalilogiikkaan (part 1) or Bradley - Swartz: Possible Worlds or Hughes - Cresswell: An Introduction to Modal Logic c. Kakkuri-Knuuttila (toim.): Argumentti ja kritiikki, chapters I - III or Fogelin, Understanding Arguments