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The Humanities Lab: Logic, Discourse and Representation
Gerelateerde studies
Deze cursus kan onder meer gevolgd worden als onderdeel van:
Cursusmomenten
Deze cursus wordt gegeven in het collegejaar 2018 - 2019 in periode 1.
Cursusdoel
After completing this course students are able to:
- demonstrate insight into the main research methods and methodologies used in the humanities
- make methodological and theoretical choices appropriate to a research problem in the humanities
- analyse texts, visual materials, and historical sources on a basic level
- demonstrate knowledge of the key terms and concepts of logic
- demonstrate knowledge of the principal propositional operators (negation, conjunction, disjunction, and implication)
- test the deductive validity of an argument by using truth-tables and truth-trees
Vakinhoudelijk
'The Humanities Lab: Logic, Discourse and Representation' is mandatory for all humanities students. It can also serve to meet the methodology requirement for social science students who wish to finish tracks in law or political sciences. It can be an elective for other students.
Part 1 - Approaches to the Humanities
The first part of this course introduces students into some crucial research methods and methodologies across the humanities - including literature, art, film, history, and culture in the broadest sense of the word. There is no single handbook that deals with the combined disciplines of the humanities. Therefore, we will use chapters from different books on theoretical approaches and methods in the humanities, which will aid students to situate their own ideas in the context of contemporary theoretical and methodological debates.
Part 2 - Propositional Logic and Discourse
The second five weeks of the course introduces students to basic concepts of logic and pragmatics that can be applied to the interpretation and evaluation of discourse, and provides students with the opportunity to put these concepts into practice. Logic provides formal tools that can distinguish bad arguments from good ones, those that derive a true conclusion from true premises; logic allows us to determine algorithmically whether the premises of an argument support the conclusion. Pragmatics considers the situational context of discourse, including how the knowledge and beliefs of the participants in discourse (speaker/hearer or writer/reader) contribute to the conclusions its participants can draw. The course introduces students to the symbolism and concepts of propositional logic, to techniques that can demonstrate the validity of arguments, and to pragmatic considerations that can influence the effectiveness of arguments in discourse. Students will become familiar with the logical relations that can exist between statements, with logical proofs, as well as some basic tools of pragmatic analysis.
Format
The format of the first part of the course will largely be based on the concept of “learning by doing”. Students have to prepare for classes by reading selected materials and completing individual assignments which will be discussed in class. The assignments will be part of a portfolio that the student has to hand in at the end of the course. 1-hour lectures, in-class exercises, seminars, presentations.
In part two, students will be introduced to a new topic in Propositional Logic every week, and will be given the opportunity to practice it in class, where they will receive immediate feedback from the instructor. During week 10, students will sit in an in-class exam where they will be asked to solve a number of exercises similar in format and complexity to those practiced in class.
Directly following this 5 ECTS course, students continue in one of the separate 5 week course modules (2,5 ECTS). Separate outlines are available for these course modules:
The format of the first part of the course will largely be based on the concept of “learning by doing”. Students have to prepare for classes by reading selected materials and completing individual assignments which will be discussed in class. The assignments will be part of a portfolio that the student has to hand in at the end of the course. 1-hour lectures, in-class exercises, seminars, presentations.
In part two, students will be introduced to a new topic in Propositional Logic every week, and will be given the opportunity to practice it in class, where they will receive immediate feedback from the instructor. During week 10, students will sit in an in-class exam where they will be asked to solve a number of exercises similar in format and complexity to those practiced in class.
Directly following this 5 ECTS course, students continue in one of the separate 5 week course modules (2,5 ECTS). Separate outlines are available for these course modules:
- UCACCMET2E: Predicate Logic
- UCACCMET2F: Rhetoric
- UCACCMET2G Stylistics
Werkvormen
UCU course
Toetsing
contribution to in-class discussions
Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1
Portfolio of week 1-5 assignments
Verplicht | Weging 40% | ECTS 2
Exam of week 6-10 assignments
Verplicht | Weging 40% | ECTS 2
*midterm FEEDBACK*
Niet verplicht
Ingangseisen en voorkennis
Ingangseisen
Er moet voldaan zijn aan de cursus:
Voorkennis
At least 1 Humanities course.
Voertalen
- Engels
Tentamens
Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus
Verplicht materiaal
Materiaal | Omschrijving |
---|---|
BOEK | Ernest Lepore, Sam Cumming, Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to Logic Through Language, 2nd revised edition, Wiley, 2012 (ISBN: 1118390199, 9781118390191). Chapters 1-10 |
Aanbevolen materiaal
Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend
Opmerkingen
To be followed by 1 of 2 modules (UCACCMET2E, 2F, or 2G) within the same semester.
Coördinator
dr. G. Fiorin | G.Fiorin@uu.nl |
Docenten
dr. A. Andeweg | A.Andeweg@uu.nl |
dr. J.C. Ballantyne PhD | J.C.Ballantyne@uu.nl |
dr. P. Canning | p.canning@uu.nl |
dr. G. Fiorin | G.Fiorin@uu.nl |
Inschrijving
Deze cursus is open voor bijvakkers, alle studenten mogen zich dus inschrijven.
Inschrijving niet via OSIRIS
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