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PHIL-3505: Modern Logic and Its Development

Description: Logic and logical theory and the history of its development. 3505: Validity of arguments. Syllogistic logic from Aristotle to modern times. Deductive methods in truth functional and quantificational logic through the theory of identity. Translation from English into symbolic form. 3506: Metalogic and the history and philosophy of modern logical theory. Decidability and undecidability, completeness and incompleteness of formal systems. Developments from Cantor to Goedel. Must have 3505 to take 3506.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: PHIL-4514

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 42

Average GPA: 2.84 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 28.10%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 6.36%

Kevin Coffey201329.6%31.4%16.9%5.2%8.4%8.4%2.736
Benjamin C Jantzen202240.9%16.9%7.4%6.5%13.8%14.5%2.765
Gregory Novack202440.4%37.4%8.7%6.2%5.6%1.7%3.008
Ted Parent201928.6%29.7%20.7%7.4%5.6%8.0%2.7210
Deborah G Mayo201543.8%34.7%11.1%6.0%0.0%4.3%3.222
Stephanie M Semler201141.6%8.3%12.5%25.0%4.1%8.3%2.621
Mark Bauer201035.4%24.0%17.7%7.7%6.6%8.5%2.753
Brian Epstein200848.7%29.8%14.4%1.4%5.7%0.0%3.115
Kelly G Trogdon201421.5%30.6%24.8%11.4%7.5%4.2%2.462

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