ATS3878 - Recent logic - 2018

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Philosophy

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Lloyd Humberstone

Coordinator(s)

Mr Lloyd Humberstone

Not offered in 2018

Prerequisites

ATS2866 or equivalent studies in formal logic.

Synopsis

We shall examine some areas of recent formal logic whose development has been motivated by philosophical concerns (with modality, tense, morality, entailment, etc.) www.arts.monash.edu.au/phil/undergraduate/lateryear.html

Outcomes

  1. to provide students with a comprehensive grasp of recent contemporary logic;
  2. to give students a firm basis to advanced logical theory.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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