Catholic Faith Defenders

Diocese of Tagbilaran
Logic 2: Second Act of the Mind: Judgment
Mark Steven Pandan

COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this course, you will be able to think and communicate in a clear, effective, and sound way. In Logic II,
the focus is on the second act of the mind—Judgement.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Each week has an assigned reading. Student is expected to read the text carefully before each class. Each
class will function only as an extended open forum of the lesson that the student is expected to already
have read beforehand. A brief quiz will be given during each class. The quizzes will be cumulative, that
is, the coverage will be all topics discussed prior.
REQUIRED TEXT
 Peter Kreeft, Socratic Logic, ed. 3.1. (SL)
SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT
 Manuel Piñon, Fundamental Logic. (FL)
 Irving Copi, Carl Cohen, & Kenneth McMahon, Introduction to Logic, ed. 14. (IL)
 Peter Kreeft & Ronald Tacelli, Handbook of Catholic Apologetics. (HCA)
COURSE SCHEDULE
Mondays, 8:30-10pm – Independent Study Period
Wednesdays, 8:30-10pm – Face to Face Classes at Cogon

Week Topic Readings

1 Judgements, Propositions, and Sentences SL, ch. 5., sec. 1.; FL, ch. 12-
14.; IL, 3.1-3.2.
2 Objective Truth SL, ch. 5., sec. 2.; HCA, ch. 15.
3 Kinds of Categorical Propositions & Logical Form SL, ch. 5., sec. 3-4.; FL, ch. 15.
4 Euler's Circles and Tricky Propositions SL, ch. 5., sec. 5-6.
5 Distribution of Terms SL, ch. 5., sec. 7.; IL, 5.4.
6 Midterm Exam SL, ch. 1-5.
7 Immediate Inference in General SL, ch. 6., sec. 1.; FL, ch. 17.
8 Immediate Inference: Obversion and Conversion SL, ch. 6., sec. 2-3.
9 Immediate Inference: Combined Forms SL, ch. 6., sec. 4.
10 The Square of Opposition: Categorical Propositions SL, ch. 7., sec. 1-2.
11 Existential Import SL, ch. 7., sec. 3.
12 Tricky Propositions on the Square & Practical SL, ch. 7., sec. 4-5.; FL, ch. 16,
Applications sec. 120-122.
13 Final Exam SL, chs. 1-7.