• See here for the syllabus.

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Technical material

  • (Week 8 and 9) Boolean Logic

    Due Fri 11/1: Exercises 1–21.

  • (Week 10 and 11) Fuzzy Logic Part 1 and part 2

    Due Fri 11/15: Exercises 1–8.

  • (Week 12 and 13) Intuitionist Logic

    Due Fri 12/6: forthcoming.

Reading assignments

Each week you will read a selection from a paper and respond to some short prompt questions. You will submit your responses the following Monday, and we will have a class discussion where we talk about the reading together. You must keep up with the readings; the discussion sessions cannot happen if you do not.

PDFs of the readings can be found on the google drive for the course.

  • (Discussion 10/28) Plumwood 1, [response prompts]

    Val Plumwood, “The politics of reason: towards a feminist logic” (1993). Sections I–III (pages 436–445).

  • (Discussion 11/4) Daly, [response prompts]

    Helen L. Daly, “Modelling sex/gender” (2017). Pages 79–90.

  • (Discussion 11/11) Plumwood 2, [response prompts]

    Val Plumwood, “The politics of reason: towards a feminist logic” (1993). Sections V–VII (pages 453–459).

  • (Discussion 11/18) Haack, [response prompts]

    Susan Haack, “Chapter 5: Intuitionism”, in Deviant Logic: Some Philosophical Issues (1974). Sections 1–4 (pages 91–103).

  • (Discussion 12/2) Term paper, [response prompts]

    Selections from the extended reading.

  • (Discussion 12/9) Nye, [response prompts]

    Andrea Nye, “Conclusion: Words of power and the power of words”, in Words of Power: A Feminist Reading of the History of Logic (1990). Pages 173–185.

Schedule and important dates

This is a seven week half-semester course, beginning on week 8 of the semester. Mondays will be used for discussion sessions, and Wednesdays and Fridays will be used to study technical material.

Week Monday Wednesday Friday
8 Introduction Boolean Logic
9 Plumwood 1 Discussion Boolean Logic
10 Daly Discussion Fuzzy Logic
11 Plumwood 2 Discussion Fuzzy Logic
12 Haack Discussion Intuitionistic Logic
13 Term Paper Discussion Intuitionistic Logic
14 Nye discussion Wrap up No class

Important dates:

  • Mon 10/28: Plumwood 1 discussion, response prompts due.

  • Fri 11/1: Problem set 1 due.

  • Mon 11/4: Daly discussion, response prompts due.

  • Fri 11/8: Problem set 2 due.

  • Mon 11/11: Plumwood 2 discussion, response prompts due.

  • Fri 11/15: Problem set 3 due.

  • Mon 11/18: Haack discussion, response prompts due, start term paper.

  • Fri 11/22: Problem set 4 due.

  • Mon 12/2: Term paper discussion, response prompts due.

  • Fri 12/6: Problem set 5 due, first draft of term paper due.

  • Mon 12/9: Nye discussion, response prompts due.

  • Fri 12/13: No class.

  • Mon 12/16: Final draft of term paper due.