This course is compulsory on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available on the BSc in Accounting and Finance. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available on the BSc in Accounting and Finance. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
15 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the MT. This course is delivered through a combination of lectures and classes totalling a minimum of 25 hours across Michaelmas Term. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of online lectures, in-person classes and, if required, virtual classes. This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of Michaelmas Term.
Formative coursework will take the form of problem sets and online quizzes. Students are required to complete problem sets before the associated class and to be ready to present and discuss their answers in class. Online quizzes serve as continuous formative assessment.
There will be comprehensive lecture slides and materials covering the entire course content. Indicative background readings include: Button, T. and Magnus, P.D. (2017): forall x: Cambridge, URL= < http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytbu/OERs.html> Copi I.M., Cohen, C. and McMahon K. (2014): Introduction to Logic. Pearson. Salmon, M.H. (2013): Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking. Wadsworth.
Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours, reading time: 15 minutes) in the January exam period.