Week 1
Hours 1-3
Introduction
Socratic methods: pursuit of truth
Terms, definition, and statements
Propositions, truth, and validity
Week 2
Acts of the mind: 1st Act: apprehension (understanding)
2nd Act: Judgment: combining terms
Quality and quantity of propositions: the square of opposition A, E, I, O
Categorial propositions, distribution
Week 3
3rd Act: Reasoning, argumentation
Deduction
NECESSITY (impossible to be false)
Induction
Abduction (inference to best explanation)
Categorical syllogisms, terms, and premises
Week 4
Informal fallacies
Errors in reasoning not due to form
5 sources: (Ir)relevance, Weak induction, Presumption, and Ambiguity
Week 5
Analyzing arguments
Pursuit of truth
Logic and theology (St. Gregory)
