Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 24.241 (Fall 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Logic I 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Linguistics and Philosophy 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Vann McGee 
• Course Introduction:
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  24.241 Logic I
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a manuscript written by the faculty member, entitled Logic: The Art of Persuasion and Science of Truth in the readings section. Homework assignments are also available.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course provides an introduction to the aims and techniques of formal logic. Logic is the science of correct argument, and our study of logic will aim to understand what makes a correct argument good, that is, what is it about the structure of a correct argument that guarantees that, if the premises are all true, the conclusion will be true as well? Our subject (though, to be sure, we can only scratch the surface) will be truth and proof, and the connection between them.