Course Syllabus

College of Arts and Sciences Education

VISION
A leading institution of higher learning recognized for its quality transformative education serving the nation and the world.
MISSION
To provide a dynamic and supportive academic environment through the highest standard of instruction, research and
extension service in a non-sectarian institution committed to democratizing access to education.
GOALS
To achieve its mission, the University aims to:
a.) Offer academic programs that meet the changing national and international community needs;
b.) Produce graduates who are competent leaders and productive members of society.
c.) Harness a pool of ethical, qualified and highly-trained human resources;
d.) Provide an academic environment conducive to optimum learning through adequate state of the art facilities;
e.) Conduct researches and other scholarly activities that generate new knowledge and contribute the improvement of the
quality of life for all;
f.) Engage in community services that foster self-reliance an empowerment among the marginalized community; and
g.) Lead in the promotion and preservation of the cultural heritage of Mindanao and the country as a whole.
COURSE INFORMATION:
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Course Number :
Course Name:
Course Description

Philo 2
Logic
Philosophy 2 is a systematic study of reasoning through the art of philosophical
thinking. It also deals on how to develop reasoning through a logical process. It also
focuses on how to distinguish a valid from invalid or fallacious reasoning.
Pre-Requisite:
None
Co-Requisite:
None
Credit:
3.0 units
Lec/Lab Schedule:
5 hours/week
Student Outcomes (SOs) of Social Sciences
Upon graduation, the students will demonstrate:
a. Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams;
b. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;
c. Ability to communicate effectively;
d. *Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning; and
e. *Appreciation of Filipino historical and cultural heritage as well as knowledge on contemporary issues.
Note: *SO being addressed in this course

9.

Course Outcomes (Cos) of Philo 2 and their links to SOs

Upon completion of the course, the students are expected to:
1. Express ones ideas in a systematic and organized manner.
2. Develop the capacity to distinguish valid from invalid argument.
3. Gain a detailed and well-articulated knowledge of systematic and organized
reasoning.
4. Apply logical reasoning in all undertakings.

Student Outcomes
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c
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Upon attainment of this CO, students will have been introduced to the SO.
Upon attainment of this CO, students will have enabled themselves to attain the SO.
Upon attainment of this CO, students will have demonstrated partly or fully the SO.

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Student Outcomes (SO)

Vision: A leading institution of

higher learning recognized for its
quality transformative education
serving the nation and the world
Mission: To provide a dynamic and
supportive academic environment
through the highest standards of
instruction, research and extension
in a non-sectarian institution
committed to democratizing access
to education.

a.
function
a. Ability
Ability to
to function
multidisciplinary
teams;
multidisciplinary teams;

Course Outcomes (CO)

on
on

1. Understand the significance of

studying
Philippine
history,
geography, civilization and overview
about history of Mindanao;
2. Describe the early settlers during
the
colonial
rule,
European
exploration,
expedition
and
bureaucracy
in
the
political
institutions;
3. Determine the Filipino resistance to
Spanish oppression, impact of the
colonial rule to the Filipinos and other
influences; and
4. Explain the Japanese occupation
and the Philippine Republic.

b.
of professional
professional
b. Understanding
Understanding of
and
ethical
responsibility;
and ethical responsibility;
UM Core
Values

c.
c. Ability
Ability
effectively;
effectively;

to
to

communicate
communicate

d.
need for,
for,
d. *Recognition
*Recognition of
of the
the need
and
an
ability
to
engage
in
lifeand an ability to engage in lifelong
long learning;
learning; and
and
*Appreciation
of
Filipino
*Appreciation
of
Filipino
historical
and
cultural
heritage
as
historical and cultural heritage
well
as
knowledge
on
as well as knowledge on
contemporary
contemporary issues.
issues.

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CO and Assessment task alignment
Assessment Task
CO
1. Outline and discuss the history and nature of
philosophy and its place in our society.

Theory-based

Assessment
Schedule

Practice-based

Coverage

Multiple Choice Questions

Recitation

Discuss the importance of correct reasoning in

our daily undertakings.

Quiz

Identify the different features of concept and

term.

Triad
(Proposition
Making)

First Exam

Module 1-IV

Identify the various kinds of propositions and its

logical form.
2. Determine the two kinds of inference (Mediate
and Immediate).

Multiple Choice Questions

Module V

Recitation
(quantity,
quality, and
truth value)

Identify the truth-value of a proposition.

Multiple Choice Questions

Identify whether the syllogism is valid or invalid

using the rules for categorical syllogism.
4. Analyze and identify the informal fallacies
committed by an argument.

Second Exam

Quiz

Learn the art of creating an inferential argument.

3. Construct a valid syllogism using the rules for

valid categorical syllogism.

Board work

Multiple Choice Questions

Identify fallacious argument or statement in any

reading material.
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Group Activity
(Syllogism
analysis)
Quiz

Third Exam

Quiz
Library work
(article
reading)
Group activity

Final Exam
(Comprehensive
Exam)

Module VI

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(Article
analysisidentify
the
fallacy
committ
ed by the
article)
*Final assessment will be a comprehensive examination (from first topic to the last) in a Multiple Choice Questions

Assessment Task Details (Theory-based)

Assessment
Schedule

Coverage

Assessment Task

Details

First Exam
Vision, Mission and
Goals of the University

MODULE 1 - IV

Essay
Quiz
Assignment
Multiple Choice
Questions (50 items)

As part of the introduction, the students are expected to read and learn the role of philosophy in the
development of their thinking skills. Hence, a survey of the history of philosophy and some of its
braches must be dealt with properly. This method highlights the connection of LOGIC to its
foundation (Philosophy). After the historical study, the outline must be presented to the students in
order to see the whole picture of the course. The outline comprises the three acts of the mind plus the
informal fallacy. The introductory topics mentioned above pave the way for a profound understanding
of the topics TERM and PROPOSITION. The term is the main point of the first act of the mind while
proposition is for the second act of the mind. This part should be taken with seriousness to avoid
difficulty in understanding the succeeding topics.

Second Exam

MODULE V

Quiz
Assignment
Oral Recitation
Multiple Choice
Questions (50 items)

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Chapter five offers an introduction to the third act of the mind. In this part, the students are expected
to learn the different styles of presenting a proposition without totally changing the meaning of the
proposition. In addition, chapter five provides an interesting mind game topic which is about
oppositional inference. This topic helps the students identify the truth-value of a statement base on
the rules of oppositional inference. It is to be noted that this chapter can be easily grasped by the
students if chapters 1-4 were appropriately dealt with.

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Third Exam
MODULE VI

Quiz
Group Assignment
Oral Recitation
Multiple Choice
Questions (50 items)

This chapter is the highlight of the third act of the mind (reasoning). After a thorough study of the
previous chapters, this time the students are expected to demonstrate a clear understanding of his/her
knowledge about terms and propositions. Such knowledge is indispensably important tool in learning
the process of an order and correct reasoning. Using the formal rules of categorical syllogisms, the
students are expected to evaluate and identify valid and invalid arguments. The discussion of the topic
reasoning captures the main content introduction to logic (Philo2).

Fourth Exam
MODULE I-XII

Quiz
Library Work
Assignment
Article Analysis

Multiple Choice
Questions (50 items)

According to Bacchuber, in our attempt to learn what correct thinking is, we do not only study the
areas of correct thinking but we include the realm of incorrect thinking. The reasons are: 1) the
completion of our journey to learn correct thinking can be only achieved if we learn the two natures
of thinking, the correct and incorrect. 2) We need to know incorrect thinking so that we can easily
recognize it if it will be presented before us. Doctors study not the healthy people but the sick in
order to cure diseases. Hence, informal fallacy is incorporated in the introduction to logic. In this
chapter, the students are expected to learn the different fallacious statements both in language and in
context. The purpose of this topic is to help the students safeguard themselves from fallacious
reasoning found in many articles, reading materials, and other sources of information.

Assessment Task Details (Practice/Performance-based)

Assessment
Schedule

Coverage

Assessment Task

Details

First Exam
Vision, Mission and
Goals of the University

Essay

Every now and then, the students are given an assignment in order to push them read the material (textbook) in
advance. Aside from learning the topic in advance, assignment also develops the reading habit or study habit
of the student which is very necessary in the course philosophy. The quiz measures the knowledge of the
students about the discussed topics. Thus, during the assessment, the students are expected to recognize and
able to make a TERM. Besides, the students must be able to demonstrate his/her capability in making a
grammatically and logically correct categorical proposition. More than that, the essay displays a clear
connection of the course philosophy to the other sciences. Hence, the students are expected to put in written
the connection of the discipline philosophy to his/her chosen course.

Quiz
MODULE 1 - IV
Assignment

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Second Exam
Quiz (Essay/Objective)
.
MODULE V
Assignment

The assignment is used to help the students learn the lesson in advance and develop a reading and study habit.
In this assessment process, students are expected to submit an assignment and be able to answer questions
from the assigned reading topic. In order to measure the knowledge of the students about the topic, he/she is
expected to demonstrate it (knowledge) during the scheduled objective quiz. In addition, the students
knowledge about the topic (e.g. truth-value) must be demonstrated during the oral recitation. In this part,
he/she is expected to be able to assess whether the opposing proposition is true, false, or doubtful based on the
rules of oppositional proposition.

Oral Recitation
Third Exam
Quiz (Essay/Objective)
MODULE VI
Group assignment
Oral Recitation

Aside from learning the topic in advance, the group assignment helps the students produce a collaborative
outcome. In this assessment, each group is expected to be able to make a correct syllogism with the correct
logical form. During the scheduled quiz, the student is expected to demonstrate his/her capability in making
and evaluating syllogism (argument). More than that, the student must be able to deliver his/her reasoning in
an order and systematic manner. In the oral recitation, the student is expected to demonstrate his/her
familiarity of the formal rules of categorical syllogism. The rules are the criteria in determining the validity of
the categorical syllogism.

Fourth Exam
MODULE I-VII

Quiz
Library Work
Assignment
Article Analysis

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The last topic (informal fallacy) is purposely offered at the last chapter to complete the students study on
correct thinking. In this part, the students are expected to demonstrate familiarity on the topics TERM,
PROPOSITION, and SYLLOGISM; hence, appropriate to discuss informal fallacy. The quiz and assignment
are meant to measure the students learning on the previous chapters. However, the most important thing to
achieve in this chapter is to become familiar with the different informal fallacies. This topic helps the students
safeguard themselves from any fallacious statement and arguments committed or purposely employed by some
writers. Consequently, to determine the students learning about the topic, the final requirement for the course
is article analysis. In this requirement, the students are asked to go to the library, pick one article and analyze
its argument. The students are expected to cite the argument in the article and be able to identify fallacies(if
there are some).

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Prd
Week
1

Essential topic

TLA

The Philosophy of University of

Mindanao
1.
2.

Vision, Mission and

Goal
Orientation of
Classroom Policies

Module I: The History and Nature of

Philosophy
1. Historical
Development
2. Historical Traditions

UM VMG

Module II: What is Logic?

1. Definition of Terms
2. Logic as an Art
3. Logic as Science
4. Correct Thinking
5. Formal and Material
Object

Module IV: Proposition

1. Parts of Proposition
2. Quality of Proposition
3. Quantity of
Proposition
4. Symbols (A,E,I,O)

Maboloc, C. R.
Workbook
in
Philippines:
MS
Publishing

2.

Bacchuber,
A.
(1957).
Intoduction to Logic. Appleton
Century Croft

3.

Hinacay, M. & Hinacay M. B.

(2013). Introduction to Logic.
Philippines:
VITASOPHIA
BOOK CENTER

Quiz

Essay

(2012).
Logic.
LOPES

1.

Maboloc, C. R.
Workbook
in
Philippines:
MS
Publishing

2.

Bacchuber,
A.
(1957).
Intoduction to Logic. Appleton
Century Croft

3.

Hinacay, M. & Hinacay M. B.

(2013). Introduction to Logic.
Philippines:
VITASOPHIA
BOOK CENTER

1.

Maboloc, C. R. (2012). Workbook in

Logic.
Philippines:
MS
LOPES
Publishing

Oral Recitation

2.

Bacchuber,
A.
(1957).
Intoduction to Logic. Appleton
Century Croft

First Examination

3.

Quiz

(2012).
Logic.
LOPES

Assignment

Module III: Term

1. Simple and Complex
2. Significant and nonsignificant
3. Abstractive and
Intuitive
4. Univocal, Equivocal,
and Analogical
5. Collective and
Distributive
6. Contradictory and
Contrary
Week
3

1.
Essay

Assignment

Week
2

Required Readings

Quiz
Assignment

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Hinacay, M. & Hinacay M. B.

(2013). Introduction to Logic.
Philippines:
VITASOPHIA
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Week
4-5

Module V: Immediate Inference

1. Eduction
a. Conversion
b. Obversion
c. Contraposition
d. Inversion

Quiz

1.

Maboloc, C. R. (2012). Workbook in

Logic.
Philippines:
MS
LOPES
Publishing

2.

Bacchuber,
A.
(1957).
Intoduction to Logic. Appleton
Century Croft

Assignment
Oral Recitation
Group Activity

3.

Hinacay, M. & Hinacay M. B.

(2013). Introduction to Logic.
Philippines:
VITASOPHIA
BOOK CENTER

4.

Copi, I. & Cohen, C. (2009).

Introduction to Logic. New
Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.

.
Week
4-5
(Cont.)

2.

Opposition
a. Contradictory
b. Contrary
c. Subcontrary
d. Subaltern

Quiz

1.

Maboloc, C. R. (2012). Workbook in

Logic.
Philippines:
MS
LOPES
Publishing

2.

Bacchuber,
A.
(1957).
Intoduction to Logic. Appleton
Century Croft

Assignment
Oral Recitation
Group Activity

Second Examination

Week
6-7

Module VI: Mediate Inference

1. Definition of Terms
2. Formal Rules of
Categorical Syllogism
3. Moods and Figures

Quiz

3.

Hinacay, M. & Hinacay M. B.

(2013). Introduction to Logic.
Philippines:
VITASOPHIA
BOOK CENTER

4.

Copi, I. & Cohen, C. (2009).

Introduction to Logic. New
Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.

1.

Maboloc, C. R. (2012). Workbook in

Logic.
Philippines:
MS
LOPES
Publishing

2.

Bacchuber,
A.
(1957).
Intoduction to Logic. Appleton
Century Croft

Assignment
Oral Recitation
Group Activity

Third Examination

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3.

Hinacay, M. & Hinacay M. B.

(2013). Introduction to Logic.
Philippines:
VITASOPHIA
BOOK CENTER

4.

Copi, I. & Cohen, C. (2009).

Introduction to Logic. New
Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.

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Week
8-9

Module VII: Informal Fallacy

1. Fallacy of Ambiguity
a. Equivocation
b. Amphiboly
c. Accent
d. Composition
e. Division
2.

Fallacy not of Relevance

a.
Ad Ignorantiam
b. Ad Hominim
c. Ad Populum
d. Ad Misericordiam
e. Ad Baculum
f. Ad Verecundiam
g. Slippery Slope
h. Hasty Generalization
i. False Cause
j. Begging the Question
k. Complex Question
l. Ignorantio Elenchi

10. Textbooks:

Quiz

1.

Maboloc, C. R. (2012). Workbook in

Logic.
Philippines:
MS
LOPES
Publishing

2.

Bacchuber,
A.
(1957).
Intoduction to Logic. Appleton
Century Croft

Assignment
Library Work
Article Analysis
3.

Hinacay, M. & Hinacay M. B.

(2013). Introduction to Logic.
Philippines:
VITASOPHIA
BOOK CENTER

4.

Copi, I. & Cohen, C. (2009).

Introduction to Logic. New
Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.

Final Examination

Maboloc, C. R. (2012). Workbook in Logic. Philippines: MS LOPES Publishing

Reference:

Bacchuber, A. (1957). Intoduction to Logic. Appleton Century Croft

Hinacay, M. & Hinacay M. B. (2013). Introduction to Logic. Philippines:
VITASOPHIA BOOK CENTER
Copi, I. & Cohen, C. (2009). Introduction to Logic. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.

11.

Course Evaluation:

AT Description
Exam1
Exam2
Exam3
Exam 4D
Research/Project
Recitation
Quizzes
Assignment

Wts
Short Response Test
Lesson Plan Design
Oral Presentation of Design
Comprehensive Exam
Library work on journal articles showing applications of conics
With board work
Short response; multiple choice
Short response test

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10%
10%
30%
15%
10%
10%
5%

CO
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12.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Policies and Guidelines

Attendance is counted from the first regular class meeting.
A validated student identification card must always by worn be all students while attending classes.
Cheating is strictly prohibited. Any form of dishonesty shall be dealt with accordingly. Honesty is called for at all
times.
Valid examination permits are necessary in taking the examinations as scheduled. CELLULAR PHONES or any
ELECTRONIC GADGETS and PRESCRIBED PRC CALCULATORS are NOT allowed during
EXAMINATIONS.
Base-20 grading policy should be observed. Students who obtained failing scores in major exams are recommended
to attend the tutorial class.

Prepared by:
REY ATACADOR
Reviewed by:
RAYVEN P. OROC, MA. PHILO
Chair, Social Science Discipline

VIRGINIA I. CAINTIC
AVP - LIC

Recommending Approval:

KHRISTINE MARIE D. CONCEPCION, Ph. D.

Dean, College of Arts Sciences and Education
Approved by:

RONNIE V. AMORADO, Ph. D.

VP Academic Planning and Services

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