PHIL 3 Logic: Home

This guide has been created to assist students enrolled in PHIL 3, Logic. The place to start is your course syllabus! This can always be found in the Canvas shell for your class. If you have any questions you can always ask your instructor. 

If your section uses an OER textbook, there will either be a link to click on or a PDF will be provided to you. Otherwise, the library has many of the textbooks for 2-hour in-library checkout. You can purchase copies at the Viking Bookstore. Some textbooks are available for rent or in e-book form. 

Below are the Student Learning Outcomes for your course:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Recognize, construct, and apply different types of arguments, including the identification of fallacies.
• Demonstrate understanding of deductive reasoning and competence in some methods of formal logic.
• Competently use and apply basic logical terms, such as valid and sound.
• Demonstrate proficiency in identifying, explicating, and criticizing arguments.
• Recognize and avoid using common fallacies.
• Use proof techniques, including Venn diagrams and Truth Tables, to decisively establish validity.
• Use symbolic representations to capture and evaluate arguments based on truth-functional logic.
• Apply philosophical techniques to actual arguments regarding practical situations.

The library has print books and electronic resources for you to use in any research assignments and to help you understand course material.

Below are handouts on available library databases.