Syllabus
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Course Code: PHI-HC-201 Course Name: Western Logic |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Nature and Definition of Logic, The Difference between Inductive and Deductive Logic: Uses of Language: Three main functions of language; Connotation & Denotation; Relation between Connotation and Denotation. | |
| 2 | Nature of Categorical Proposition, its Four-fold Classification; Quality, Quantity and Distribution of Terms; Nature of Categorical Syllogism; Basic Rules for determining Validity of Syllogism; Immediate Inferences: Conversion, Obversion and Contraposition; Square of Opposition. | |
| 3 | Elementary Notions and Principles of Truth-Functional Logic; Techniques of Symbolization; Testing Validity/Invalidity of an Argument by Truth-¬table Method; Statement Forms: Tautologies, Contradictory and Contingent; Proof Construction for Validity of an Argument Form. | |
| 4 | Definition and Nature of Induction; Importance of Induction; Problem of Induction; Hypothesis: Nature and Conditions of Scientific Hypothesis; Types of Hypothesis. | |
