4 credits
45.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Verdée Peter;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
- Concepts of logical law and valid reasoning
- Classical logic: the semantic approach (model theory), the syntactic approach (proof theory) and how the two approaches are equivalent in terms of results
- The limits of classical logic
- The historical roots of contemporary logic
Content
The following topics will be addressed:
- Possible answers to the question "What is logic?"
- The mathematical basis: function, relation, set, tree, recursive definition / recursive proof
- Propositional logic: semantics and axioms
- Predicate logic: semantics
- Problems of classical logic
- A relevant logic and its diagrammatic proof theory
- History of logic: Aristotle, the Stoics, Frege, Russell, Tarski, Gödel
Teaching methods
Ex cathedra courses with some exercices in small groups
Evaluation methods
The final evaluation in June encompasses
- For 10%: the result obtained by three announced tests during the quadrimeste
- For 90% the result obtained by the written exam in the June examination period. This exam is an open book exam and mainly evaluates the understanding of the contents of the course.
Bibliography
- Syllabus écrit par l'enseignant
Teaching materials
- Syllabus écrit par l'enseignant
Faculty or entity
EFIL
