COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC

Course Description : The subject provides the students a comprehensive understanding of the nature
and condition of human person by studying the meaning and basic principles of
philosophy ranging from Epistemological, Ethical, Social and Political to
Religious thematic issues within the different historical periods of philosophy
that is to say from Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and Contemporary framework.
This course shall also explore the various laws, rules, principles, and exercises
involved in Critical Thinking and Logic. Examining how arguments should be
carefully approached is integrated in this course to further the students’
perspective in creating rational statements in interacting with the society.

CREDIT UNITS: 3 units (54 Lecture Hours)

PLACEMENT: 2ND Semester, 2014-2015

PREREQUISITES: None

CO-REQUISITE/S: N/A

OBJECTIVES: At the end of the semester, given a conducive and innovative atmosphere for learning,
the students will be able to:

Cognitive:
1. Understand the meaning of Philosophy, its branches especially, Philosophy of Man as a
separate field of Philosophy.
2. Know the various philosophical concepts concerning the nature and condition of man.
3. Develop critical, creative and reflective thinking skill.
4. Understand and apply the rules/ laws/ principles of logical thinking and reasoning;

Affective:
1. Value one’s personhood and the personhood of others.
2. Create a consistent personal philosophy in life.
3. To have a profound commitment to the dignity of human person.
4. Develop critical, creative and reflective thinking skills; and

Psychomotor:
1. Perform and adapt relevant topics of this course on actual projects and exercises.
2. Be able to serve and respect the dignity of the human person through one’s profession.

Course Outline:

TIME TOPICS EXPECTED OUTCOME

FRAME

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 WEEK 1 ORIENTATION Classroom and Course Policy Awareness
Introduction
a. Art of asking Questions Ability to:
b. Importance of asking “why” a) appreciate the value of questioning
questions
c. Etymological and real definitions of b) formulate basic questions in life
philosophy
d. Definition of Philosophy according
to: Greeks
e. Different Branches of Philosophy
WEEKS 2 & 3 Concept of Man: Greek Ancient a) recognize the significance of the early
Philosophy thinkers on our present life
a. Pre-Socratic
b. Atomists b) understand the birth of early science
c. Sophists
WEEKS 4 & 5 Classical Concepts of Man a)understand our nature to know
a. Socrates’ Dialectics
b. Plato’s Real World b) distinguish things that are real and not

c) appreciate the world as it appears before

WEEK 6 PRELIMINARY EXAMS
WEEK 7 Basic Concepts in Logic
1. Logic and Inference
2. Ideas and Terms
3. Propositions and Arguments
4. Premises and Conclusion
5. Recognizing Arguments
6. Identifying Non-Arguments
7. Deduction and Induction
us
a) Understand a holistic approach as to how
logic has its roots in philosophy and its
other branches
b) Have a hindsight and overview in
understanding the basic concepts used in
logic
c) Retain such important indicators in
understanding the correct approach in
examining subsequent problems in
arguments

WEEK 8 Logic as Tool of Philosophy a)Understand the difference between

1. Formal and Material Logic
2. Valid and Invalid Arguments
Formal and Material Logic
b)Identify appropriate strategies in
determining the difference between valid
and invalid arguments

WEEK 9 Ideas & Terms a) Create personal examples in

representing connotation and
1. Connotation & Denotation denotation of terms
2. Intension & Extension of Terms

WEEK 10 Supposition of Terms a) Discuss rules pertaining to the

1. Proper Supposition
2. Improper Supposition
supposition of terms
b) Recognize indicators that suggest
arguments that are emotive or
cognitive

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 Language: Meaning & Definition
c) Determine cues that will state the
1. Emotive Arguments difference between vague and
2. Cognitive Arguments ambiguous arguments
a. Vagueness
b. Ambiguity d) Determine cues that will state the
3. Verbal & Factual Disputes difference between verbal and factual
disputes

WEEK 11 Informal Fallacies a) Remember the appropriate subsequent

informal fallacies
1. Fallacy of Relevance
a. Accident b) Explain the necessary functions of
b. Argumentum Ad Hominem each subsequent informal fallacies on
b.1. Abusive everyday arguments
b.2. Circumstantial
c) Create personal examples in indicating
b.3. Tu Quoque
the correct informal fallacy being
c. Argumentum Ad Populum suggested
c.1. Direct
c.2. Indirect d) Acquire own techniques to remember
c.2.1. Bandwagon how to recognize each subsequent
c.2.2. Vanity informal fallacies stated
c.2.3. Snobbery
d. Argumentum Ad Misericordiam
e. Argumentum Ad Baculum
f. Straw Man
g. Ignoratio Elenchi
h. Red Herring
i. Appeal to Advantage
WEEK 12 MIDTERM EXAMS
WEEK 13 Man: Medieval Period a)determine impact of medieval society on
St. Augustine man’s attempt to know the truth
i. God and Human Freedom
b)distinguish the difference of knowledge
St. Thomas Aquinas gained from faith and science
Proofs on the Existence of God
c)understand God’s nature and His
significance to man’s existence
WEEK 14 Man: Modern Period a)understand the aim of doubting
Rene Descartes’ Methodic Doubt
b)recognize the system built by the
Karl Marx and the Capitalist Society capitalist society on the working man

WEEK 15 Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual a)create a connection of the Freudian

Development Psychosexual Development to one’s life

WEEK 16 Martin Heidegger’ Dasein a) determine the reason why there is

existence rather than nothing
Soren Kierkegaard’s Leap of Faith
b)appreciate our moments of despair by

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 recognizing the value of transcending
towards faith
WEEK 17 Immanuel Kant’s Categorical a)appreciate man’s moral obligations in
Imperative contrast on our drive to follow our own
personal desires

WEEK 18 ENDTERM EXAMS

Course Requirements:
Project/Output:
a) Video Presentation
b) Comics
c) Prezi Presentation
Reflection / Reaction paper
Theoretical Discussion (Description, Analysis, Critique)

TEACHING STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES

Lecture-Discussion/Demonstration
Reporting, Film Showing
Case Study
 
EVALUATION METHOD
Graded recitation
Projects
Seat Works
Written Exams

REFERENCES:

FOR PHILOSOPHY:

Combes, Lloyd Marvin Valenzuela; Pocket Philosophy: A Companion for Beginners, Central
Book Supply, Quezon City, 2009

Ramos, Christine Carmela; Introduction to Philosophy, Rex Bookstore, Manila, 2004

FOR LOGIC:

Evangelista, Francis Julius N. (2008). Critical Thinking, A College Student’s Introduction to

Logic. National Bookstore, Inc.

Santiago, Alma. (2011). Logic: The Art of Reasoning. Philosophy Department, St. Scholastica’s
College.

Hermida, Ranilo (2011) Introduction to Logic. Philosophy Department, Ateneo de Manila

Univeristy.

Hurley; A Concise Introduction to Logic, 7th Edition.

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COURSE WEBSITE: http://gcicphilowithlogic.wordpress.com

ACADEMIC PROFESSOR: ERWIN B. BALOALOA

GRADING SYSTEM:

DESCRIPTION PERCENTAGE (%)

Class Standing 60
Recitation 10%
Output/Project 50%
Quizzes 30%
Attendance/Attitude 10%
Major Exam 40

Total 100

Final Grade:

Prelim 30%
Midterm 30%
Final Term 40%
100%

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