Information Package / Course Catalogue
Introduction to Logic
Course Code: FEL117
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To find an answer to the question: ‘What is philosophy?’. Characteristics of philosophical knowledge that distinguish it from other forms of knowledge; principal fields of philosophy and their main problems.

Course Content

‘What is philosophy?’. Characteristics of philosophical knowledge that distinguish it from other forms of knowledge; principal fields of philosophy and their main problems.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Cengiz İskender ÖZKAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend History of Logic and its interactions with philosophy and language.
2.To be able to comprehend Locial concepts and laws
3.To be able to comprehend reason and logical and develop it
4.To be able to comprehend the difference between the classical logic and modern logic
5.To be able to test the consistency of propositions and the validity of inferences.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Özkan, Cengiz İskender (2022) Introduction to Logic, Say Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of Logic and A Short History of Logic
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 2 - Theoretical
The Basic Concepts of Logic: Proposition, Argument and Validity etc.
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 3 - Theoretical
Introduction to Aristotelian Logic: Concept and its Extension
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 4 - Theoretical
Categorical Propositions and Distribution of Terms
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Direct Inferences: Traditional Square of Opposition, Conversion, Obversion and Contraposition
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Indirect Inferences: Categorical Syllogism
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 7 - Theoretical
Sorites and Entymemes
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Noncategorical Syllogisms and Modern Square of Opposition
Week 9 - Theoretical
Introduction to Modern Logic and Sentential Logic
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 10 - Theoretical
The Construction of Propositional Logic and Symbolic Language
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 11 - Theoretical
Checkings in Propositional Logics: Truth-Tables
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 12 - Theoretical
Natural Deduction and Formal Proof of Validity
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Totologies and Zero-Premiss Proofs
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Semantical Tableux: Tree Method
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Reading140342
Midterm Examination125227
Final Examination125227
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes