Assuming familiarity with the fundamental elements of formal logic (covered in the course Logic I), this Logic II course intends to offer students a ?second-level? reflection on the implications and often implicit presuppositions contained within the academic concept of logic and in some developments of modern mathematical logic.
UNIT 1: General Introduction
Topic 1: Introduction to the fundamental issue of the course
1.1. General aim of the course: a ?philosophy of logic.? ?Expansion? and ?retreat? relative to the academic concept of logic
1.2. Transition to Ludwig Wittgenstein?s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Topic 2: The Tractatus in its cultural and historical context
2.1. Life and work of Wittgenstein
2.2. Wittgenstein?s Vienna
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UNIT 2: Wittgenstein?s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Topic 3: Essential technical elements for understanding the Tractatus
3.1. The emergence of mathematical logic: from Frege to Russell
3.2. Review of some fundamental notions of elementary logic and its metatheory
Topic 4: Reading the Tractatus and related texts
4.1. The Tractatus
4.2. Parallel texts
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UNIT 3: Course Conclusion
Topic 5: Final reflections
5.1. Specific conclusions on the Tractatus
5.2. General conclusions of the course
Learning activities:
1. Face-to-face learning:
? Instructor?s lectures
? Student presentations
? Debates
? Final written exam
2. Guided learning:
? Guided readings
? Individual tutorials
? Individual written paper and in-class presentation
3. Autonomous learning:
? Supplementary readings proposed by the instructor
? Independent study
? Research of information and materials
Regular evaluation session:
? Attendance, classroom participation, debates, and exercises
? Final written exam
Resit evaluation session:
The evaluation criteria are the same as those for the regular session. All course-assigned evaluation activities must be submitted. Grades from previously completed activities will be retained while waiting for the completion of any pending assignments. The same weighting criteria will be applied as in the regular evaluation session.
? Attendance, classroom participation, debates, exercises: analytical and synthetic ability; correct understanding and use of concepts; communication skills ? 33%
? Final written exam: analytical and synthetic ability; correct understanding and use of concepts; communication skills ? 67%
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