Time & place: Mondays from 10-11:30 in room E - E405
Office hours: By appointment
URL: http://michaelde.com/teaching/non-classical_logics/non-classical_logics.html
This course provides an introduction to non-classical (propositional) logics and their applications, with a focus on conditionals. Some of the logics covered include logics of counterfactual conditionals, as well as relevant, many-valued, and paraconsistent logics. We will look at both the formal (semantic and proof-theoretic) aspects of non-classical logics, as well as their philosophical applications and motivations. In particular, we will evaluate how well non-classical approaches to the semantic paradoxes fair against each other.
Prerequisites: Some familiarity with introductory logic is assumed
Evaluation: Exercise sets on formal logic (50%); Essay (50%)
Texts: Everything will be made available online
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Click here. These are being updated each week as the course progresses. Please let me know of any mistakes/errata you find, or if you have any other suggestions.
See the essay guidelines.