For Jan 20 Read the syllabus and pages 1-6 from the book. Do the Web exercises mentioned at the end of the pretest. Read the "Download LogiCola" handout and download LogiCola to your computer or flash drive. Start LogiCola and read the beginning of the help file (click F1), down to, but not including, "Set A - Syllogistic Translations." Where you sit next class will become your assigned seat.

For Jan 23: Do 9-16 on page 9. Read pages 7-14 (skipping the exercises). LogiCola A (EM & ET): this is set A (Syllogism translations) with the EM (Easier Multiple-choice) and ET (Easier Type-answer) settings.

For Jan 25: Do 5-14 on page 13 and 4-16 on pages 14-15. Read pages 17-19 (starting at bottom of 17); when you read ahead, always skip the exercises. LogiCola B (H, S, E): this is set B (Syllogism arguments) with the How-to-star, Symbolic, and English settings.

For Jan 27: Do 1-5 on page 17 and 3-14 on pages 19-20. Read pages 20-22 and 24-28; when you read ahead, always skip the exercises. LogiCola A (HM & HT): this is set A (Syllogism translations) with the HM (Harder Multiple-choice) and HT (Harder Type-answer) settings.

For Jan 30: Do 5-15 on pages 22-23 and 3-6 on page 28. Read pages 28-30. LogiCola B (D & C).

For Feb 1: Do 4-15 on pages 30-31. LogiCola B (F & I).

Feb 3: Quiz (like the first sample quiz): 2 English arguments (like LogiCola BE), 3 idiomatic arguments (like LogiCola BI), 7 sentence translations (like LogiCola A), 2 circle test (like LogiCola BC), 5 derive conclusions (like LogiCola BD). Bring your flash drive or e-mail me your scores with these exercises done: set A (EM ET HM HT) and set B (H S E D C F I).

For Feb 6 Read pages 118-124.

For Feb 8: Do 11-20 on page 121 and 1-17 on page 124. Read pages 124-128. LogiCola C (EM & ET) and D (TE & FE).

For Feb 10: Do 9-15 on page 125, 5-12 on page 126, and 3-4 on page 128. Read pages 129-131 & 138-140. LogiCola D (TM, TH, UE, UM, UH, FM, and FH).

For Feb 13: Do 5-7 on page 132 and 3-15 on page 140. Read pages 133-135. LogiCola C (HM & HT), D (AE & AM).

For Feb 15: Do 5-15 on page 135 and 3-10 on pages 136-137. Read pages 140-145. LogiCola E (S & E).

For Feb 17: Do 11-14 on page 137, 4-8 on page 142, and 9-20 on page 146. Read pages 146-150. LogiCola E (F & I), F (SE & SH).

For Feb 20: Do 9-14 on pages 142-143, 9-20 on page 149, and 5-16 on page 150. Read pages 150-152. LogiCola F (IE, IH, CE, & CH).

Feb 22: Quiz (like the second sample quiz): 3 English arguments (like LogiCola EE), 3 idiomatic arguments (like LogiCola EI), 6 symbolic arguments (like LogiCola ES), 12 S-I rules (like LogiCola F), 5 sentence translations (like LogiCola C), 1 truth table (like LogiCola DF), 2 truth-table arguments (like LogiCola DA). Bring your flash drive or e-mail me your scores with the exercises done (see LogiCola Score Sheet).

For Feb 24: Read pages 153-157.

For Feb 27: Do 4 & 5 toward the top of page 157, and 1 & 2 toward the bottom of page 157. Read pages 160-163 and LogiCola's help file section on "G - Propositional Proofs." LogiCola F (TE & TH) and G (EV).

For Feb 29: Do 4-8 on page 158 and 3-4 (don't do 5 & 6, since we'll do them in class) on page 163. LogiCola: continue with G (EV) if you need to, or try G (EI) if you're brave.

For Mar 2: Do 2-10 on pages 163-165. LogiCola: G (EI & EC).

Mar 5-9: No class, spring break.

For Mar 12: Do 11 and 12 on page 165. Read pages 167-173. LogiCola: continue with G (EI & EC) if you need to, or try G (HV) if you're brave.

For Mar 14: Do 1-5 on pages 173-174. Read pages 175-176. LogiCola: G (HV).

For Mar 16: Do 1-7 on pages 176-177. LogiCola: G (HI, HC, & MC).

Mar 19: Quiz (like the third sample quiz): 4 English and 4 symbolic proofs (5 points each for: translation, V-or-I, perfect proof-refutation). Bring your flash drive or e-mail me your scores with these exercises done: F (TE & TH) and G (EV, EI, EC, HV, HI, HC, & MC). I suggest that you also review G (MC) and sets C and F.

For Mar 21: Read pages 228-231.

For Mar 23: Do 15-21 on page 232. Read pages 232-237. LogiCola J (BM & BT); skip J (QM & QT).

For Mar 26: Do 22-26 on page 232 and English problems 1-5 on page 238. Read pages 240-244. LogiCola K (V).

For Mar 28: Do 27-30 on page 232 and English problems 1-4 on page 244 (being sure to do the ambiguous arguments both ways). LogiCola: continue with K (V) - or, if you're brave, try K (I).

For Mar 30 Do 5-8 on pages 244-245. Read pages 55-59 on informal fallacies. LogiCola: K (I & C).

For Apr 2: Do 9-12 on page 245. Read pages 59-64 on informal fallacies. LogiCola: Keep doing K (I & C) if you haven't mastered it.

For Apr 4: Do arguments 13-14 on page 246 and fallacies 11-25 on pages 65-66. LogiCola: Set R.

Apr 5-9: No class, Easter break.

Apr 11: Modal quiz (like the fourth sample quiz - no informal fallacies): 4 arguments in symbols, 3 arguments in English, 5 sentence translations. Bring your flash drive or e-mail me your scores with these exercises done: JBM, JBT, KV, KI, KC.

For Apr 13: Do fallacies 26-40 on page 66, read pages 182-186, LogiCola set R.

For Apr 16: Do translations 11-20 on page 186 and fallacies 41-50 on page 66. Read pages 187-191. LogiCola H (EM & ET).

For Apr 18: Do translations 21-25 on page 186 and English arguments 1-5 on pages 191-192. Read pages 192-199. LogiCola IEV.

For Apr 20: Do 1-5 on pages 195-196 and 1-7 on page 199. Read pages 199-201. LogiCola H (HM & HT) and I (EI & EC).

For Apr 23: Do 8-15 on page 199 and 1-6 on pages 201-202. LogiCola I (HC & MC).

For Apr 25: Do 16-20 on page 199 and 7-10 on pages 202.

Final exam Mon May 7 at 8 am (8 am group) - or Fri May 11 at 8 am (9 am group). Click here for the complete JCU final exam schedule.

The comprehensive final exam will have 9 fallacies (multiple choice), 1 truth table, 18 sentence translations, 9 proofs, and 10 smaller syllogistic or propositional arguments (4 in simple English, 4 in idiomatic English, 2 derive conclusions). The final gives equal weight to syllogisms, basic propositional logic, propositional proofs, modal logic, and fallacies - and double weight to quantificational logic. Bring your flash drive or e-mail me your scores with these exercises done: Set R, H (EM, ET, HM, HT), and I (EV, EI, EC, HC, MC).

I suggest you review these 23 LogiCola exercises: A (ET & HT), B (S, E, D, F, & I), C (ET & HT), D (FM), E (S, E, F, & I), F (CH & TH), G (MC), J (BT), K (C), H (ET & HT), I (MC) and R - and the class slides for chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, & 15.

For Jan 20: Read the syllabus and preface (pages xi-xiii) and pages 3-15. Mini-reports: three senses of "Catholic philosophy": first sense (Aberl Ansec Barrett 3), second sense (Berry Contrascier DeLaat 3-4), third sense (Dunn Everett Garris 4-5); the initial problem of Catholic philosophy (Giegerich Green Hayden 5-6); what philosophical issues are raised or suggested by the Old Testament (Hayek Jackson Kaplan 7-11) and New Testament (Kendall Kerschner Lajeunesse 11-15). Optional: read the intro to Catholicism for Dummies. Where you sit on Friday will become your assigned seat.

For Jan 23: Read pages 16-24, 25 (introduction), 26-27 (to the bottom), 30 (from the bottom)-33 (Plato and Aristotle). Mini-reports (plus any we didn't finish): Plato: creation (Marincic Markiewicz Radak 16-17), proving God's existence (Sanders Semenczuk Shakarian 17-18), following God's will (Simone Stamp Zehnder 18-19), the soul's immortality (Aberl Ansec Barrett 19-23), and the allegory of the cave (Berry Contrascier DeLaat 23-24). Aristotle: the eternity of motion (Dunn Everett Garris 26-27), the soul (Giegerich Green Hayden 27), God as first mover (Hayek Jackson Kaplan 30-31), our highest good (Kendall Kerschner Lajeunesse 31-33).

For Jan 25: Read pages 37-46 (Patristics Introduction and Aristides). Mini-reports (plus any we didn't finish): Aristides: Polytheism (Libertini Marincic Markiewicz 42-44), Judaism and Christianity (Radak Sanders Semenczuk 44-45), persecution of Christians (Shakarian Simone Stamp 45-46).

For Jan 27: Read pages 47-53 (Justin). Mini-reports (plus any we didn't finish): His studies and conversion (Zehnder Aberl Ansec 47 - middle of 50), the prophets and Christianity (Berry Cahill DeLatt bottom of 51-53).

For Jan 30: Read pages 54-57 and 61-62 (Irenaeus and Tertulian). Mini-reports (plus any we didn't finish): Irenaeus: free will (Dunn Everett Garris 54-55), why we were not created perfect (Giegerich Green Hayden 55-56), distinguishing good from evil (Hayden Hayek Jackson 56-57). Tertullian (Kaplan Kendall Kerschner 61-62).

For Feb 1: Read pages 63-70 (Felix). Mini-reports (plus any we didn't finish): Felix: Caecilius's criticisms of Christianity (Lajeunesse Libertini Marincic 63-65), Octavius's defense of Christian beliefs (Markiewicz Radak Sanders 65-bottom of 67), Octavius's defense of Christian life (Simone Stamp Zehnder bottom of 67-70).

For Feb 3: Read pages 71-76 (Origen). Mini-reports (plus any we didn't finish): What are the core beliefs of Christianity? (Aberl Ansec Barrett 71-73), What is the evidence for the divine inspiration of the Bible? (Berry Contrascier DeLaat 73-74), Why should some of the Bible not be taken literally? (Everett Garris Green 75-76).

For Feb 6: Read pages 87-93 (Augustine's Confessions). Mini-reports (plus any we didn't finish): Augustine's difficulties in conceiving of a spiritual God (Hayden Hayek Jackson 87-88), Whence comes evil (Kaplan Kendall Kerschner 88-89), Platonism (Lajeunesse Libertini Marincic 89-90), Good and evil (Markiewicz Radak Sanders 90), Human weakness (Semenczuk Shakarian Simone 91-92), Christ as mediator between God and man (Stamp Zehnder Aberl 92-93).

Feb 8: Written test: This will have an objective part (10 short answers) and an essay part. It will cover the preliminaries (including OT-NT-Plato-Arist), and the first part of patristics (Aristides, Justin, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Felix, and Origen -- but no Augustine).

For Feb 10: Read pages 94-101 (Augustine's Christian Doctrine). Mini-reports (plus any we didn't finish): Augustine's Christian Doctrine: Understanding God (95 Ansec Barrett Berry), Use and Enjoyment (95-96 Cahill Contrascier DeLaat), Loving God and Our Neighbor (96 Everett Garris Giegerich), Sensitivity to Language (97 Green Hayden Hayek), Secular Knowledge (98-99 Jackson Kaplan Kendall), Secular Philosophy (100 Kerschner Lajeunesse Libertini), Biblical Fundamentalism (101 Marincic Markiewicz Radak).

For Feb 15: Read pages 102-106 (Augustine's Freedom-and-Evil). Mini-reports (plus any we didn't finish): Two kinds of evil (102-103 Sanders Semenczuk Shakarian), Inordinate desire (104 Simone Stamp Zehnder), Good will (104-105 Barrett Berry Cahill), Why God gave us free will (105-106 Contrascier DeLaat Everett).