| Instructor: Chris Culy | Office: 574 EPB |
| Phone: 335-0263 | E-mail: chris-culy@uiowa.edu |
| Office Hours: MW 10:30-12, Th 2:30-3:30, or by appointment | |
| Linguistics Department | |
| Office: 570 EPB | Phone: 335-0209 |
| DEO: William D. Davies | Phone: 335-0215 |
| Teaching Assistants: Olga Petrova (section 1) Veronica Gerassimova (sections 2-3) | |
| Office: 562 EPB | Phone: 335-0216 |
| Office hours: | |
| Olga: M 10:35-11:25 T 11:30-12:20 Th 1:30-2:30 or by appointment |
Veronica: M 12:25-1:25 T 12:20-1:20 Th 12:20-1:20 or by appointment |
Course materials:
Book in IMU Bookstore (mandatory): Basic Logic by R.L.Mendelsohn and L.M.
Schwartz
Course Pack in IMU Bookstore (mandatory),
Material on the World Wide Web (strongly recommended) at
http://www.uiowa.edu/~linguist/classes/lfr-fall98/index.html
Requirements: There will be approximately 8 homework assignments, two (2) midterms,
and a cumulative final. HOMEWORK MUST BE TYPED, and multiple pages stapled or
clipped together. LATE ASSIGNMENTS AND HANDWRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
WILL NOT BE ACCEPETED WITHOUT SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM ME. (See
Course Pack for more information.) The exams will be open book. Class participation is
also a requirement. Plus/minus grading will be used. Weights of the written work are:
| Homework | 30% |
| Midterm 1 | 20% |
| Midterm 2 | 20% |
| Final | 30% |
Honors Designation: Honors students wishing to receive honors designation for this course should contact me to make arrangements for this option.
I would like to hear from anyone who has a disability which may require some modification of seating, testing, or other class requirements so that appropriate arrangements may be made. Please talk with me after class or during my office hours.
Procedures to follow if you have any concerens about aspect of a course offered in the Linguistics Department are posted on the bulletin board on the fifth floor of EPB, opposite the departmental office, 570 EPB.
Brief Approximate Schedule:
| Aug 24-Sept 14 | Introduction & Ideas about Meaning |
| Sept 16-Oct 9 | Propositional Logic |
| Sept 25 (Fri) | Midterm 1 |
| Oct 12-Oct 28 | Fallacies, Proofs |
| Oct 30 (Fri) | Midterm 2 |
| Nov 2-Nov 18 | Predicate Logic |
| Nov 20-Dec 4 | Non-truth conditional meaning |
| Nov 25-27 | Thanksgiving |
| Dec 7 | When logic breaks down |
| Dec 9-Dec 11 | Review |
| Dec 14 (Mon) 4:30 p.m. | Final exam |