Introduction to Logic | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

PHI 1201

Course Credit Units:

3

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

Academic Programs:

Bachelor Of Arts (Arts)

College:

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

School:

School of Liberal and Performing Arts

Department:

Philosophy and Development studies

Course Discipline:

Humanities

Course Description & Objectives:

The course helps students to think with care and precision. Logic is concerned with the study of arguments, to determine whether they are sound or not, and it seeks to establish the conditions under which an argument may be considered acceptable. Course objective :

The course aims at increasing the reasoning skills of students and capacity to formulate arguments rigorously and to analyze them critically.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course students should be able to define basic logical concepts, recognize arguments, differentiate between what is true and what is valid, and between inductive from deductive arguments.
Student should be able to differentiate the different functions of language, the different forms language takes, the difference between literal meanings from emotive meanings of words, between different types of agreements and disagreements.
The Learner should be able to differentiate the different types of deductive arguments, and also be able to extract arguments from ordinary contexts.