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PHIL 310 Intermediate Logic Winter 2011
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Schedule
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| Week | # | Day | Date | Content | Readings |
| Background | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Wed | Jan 5 | Proof Types: Proof by cases, by contradiction, conditional. Contraposition. | |
| 2 | Fri | Jan 7 | Definition by recursion. Mathematical induction. | ||
| 2 | 3 | Wed | Jan 12 | Sets: Relations and functions. | (Ch.0-1) |
| 4 | Fri | Jan 14 | Denumerable and non-denumerable sets. Diagonalization. | (Ch.2-3) | |
| Propositional Logic | |||||
| 3 | 5 | Wed | Jan 19 | Formulas. Induction on the degree of formulas (Prob. 1.9). Semantics. | Ch.7, §1-5 |
| 6 | Fri | Jan 21 | Axiomatic calculus. Soundness. Cut Rule. Deduction Theorem. | Ch.7, §6-7 | |
| 4 | 7 | Wed | Jan 26 | Structural rules: IE, reductio, PIP | Ch.7, §8 |
| 8 | Fri | Jan 28 | Weak completeness. Hintikka sets. | Ch.7, §9-10 | |
| 5 | 9 | Wed | Feb 2 | Maximal consistent sets. Strong completeness | Ch.7, §11-13 |
| First-Order Logic | |||||
| 10 | Fri | Feb 4 | Basic syntax. Mathematical structures. Basic semantics. | Ch.8, §1-4 | |
| 6 | 11 | Wed | Feb 9 | BSD. Free and bound variables. Substitution in terms (Early course evals) | Ch.8, §4-6 |
| 12 | Fri | Feb 11 | Substitution in formulas. First-order predicate calculus. Rules of instantiation | Ch.8, §9-10 | |
| 7 | 13 | Wed | Feb 16 | Rules of generalization. Hintikka sets. Equivalence classes | Ch.8, §7 and 10 |
| 14 | Fri | Feb 18 | Review session (Q&A). | ||
| Wed | Feb 23 | Study week | |||
| Fri | Feb 25 | Study week | |||
| 8 | 15 | Wed | Mar 2 | Consistency. Maximal consistency. Henkin sets | Ch.8, §11-12 |
| 16 | Fri | Mar 4 | Completeness | Ch.8, §13 | |
| Limitative Results | |||||
| 9 | 17 | Wed | Mar 9 | Elementary arithmetic. Theories. Isomorphisms | Ch.10, §1-3 |
| 18 | Fri | Mar 11 | Skolem's Theorem. Representability. Arithmeticity | Ch.10, §3-5 | |
| 10 | 19 | Wed | Mar 16 | Coding. Diagonal function | Ch.10, §6 |
| 20 | Fri | Mar 18 | Tarski's Theorem. Axiomatizability | Ch.10, §7-8 | |
| 11 | 21 | Wed | Mar 23 | Subtheories of arithmetic: Baby, junior, and finitely axiomatized | Ch.10, §9-11 |
| 22 | Fri | Mar 25 | First-order Dedekind-Peano Arithmetic. | Ch.10, §12-13 | |
| 12 | 23 | Wed | Mar 30 | Undecidability. Church's Theorem |
Ch.10, §13 |
| 24 | Fri | Apr 1 | Gödel's First Incompleteness Theorem | Ch.10, §14 | |
| 13 | 25 | Wed | Apr 6 | Gödel's Second Incompleteness Theorem | Ch.10, §15 |
| 26 | Fri | Apr 8 | (No class; review session, EDUC 338) | ||
| Final Exam | |||||
| E | Tue | Apr 12 | Final exam: 9-12am, EDUC 211 |