Propositional Logic Handout
Here’s a PDF version of the handout on propositional logic that was distributed in class today. This version also contains the full truth tables that we constructed in class. The Language of Propositional Logic (PropL)
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HW2 Answer Key now available
The HW2 answer key is now available for download from the “Readings” section of this website.
HW3 (due F 2/15 @ 5pm by email or at my office)
Your third homework assignment is now available for download–just click on the link below for a PDF version. It will be due on Friday, February 15, at 5pm. Since we do not have a class meeting on Friday 2/15, please submit your assignment either via email, or by delivering a hard copy to my office. (Of course, …
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Reading for Tu 2/12 : Löbner §4.2-4.3 (pgs. 62-73)
I’ve posted a short excerpt from another Semantics textbook (written by Sebastian Löbner) in the “Readings” section of the website. It discusses how certain semantic relationships between sentences, such as entailment, can be modeled in Propositional Logic. Please read this excerpt for Tu 2/12. (Note: §4.2 of the reading uses some terms that you won’t …
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Handout on ‘all’, ‘most’, ‘some’, and their scalar implicatures
Here’s a handout entitled “All, most, and some: A case study in scalar implicature”, which summarizes what we saw in today’s class. The notion “scalar implicature” will remain with us throughout the semester, so it will pay to review this material, and make sure that you understand each step in the reasoning process that underlies scalar implicatures. …
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HW1 Answer Key now available
The HW1 answer key is now available for download. So as to restrict their availability, I’ll be posting your HW answer keys in the “Readings” section of this website–just use the password listed on your printed syllabus to access them.
Reading for Th 2/7: Kearns §2.1-2.2 (pgs. 24-32)
For this Thursday 2/7, please read sections 2.1 and 2.2 (pgs. 24-32) of the Kearns textbook. The reading describes the language of propositional logic, a precisely-defined formal language that allows us to represent the truth conditions of certain English sentences. We will spend next week becoming acquainted with the language of propositional logic, and seeing …
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No Office Hours on Friday, February 1
Please note that I will *not* be holding my regular office hours tomorrow (from 11:30am-1pm). Please direct any urgent inquiries to me via email, and I will respond to them as soon as I can.
HW2 (due Thurs. 2/7 @ beg. of class)
Your second homework assignment is now available for download–just click on the link below for a PDF version. It will be due on Thursday, February 7, at the beginning of class. HW2 (due Thursday 2/7 @ beg. of class)
Reading for Tu 2/5: Birner §2.2-2.3 (pgs. 62-73), skip §2.2.2 (pgs. 66-68)
For next Tuesday 2/5, please read sections 2.2 and 2.3 (pgs. 62-73) of the following book chapter, which is still available from the “Readings” section of this website: Birner, Betty. 2012. Introduction to Pragmatics, Chap. 2 (‘Gricean Implicature’). Malden, MA: Blackwell. Note: you should skip section 2.2.2 (pgs. 66-68) of the reading. This particular subsection deals …
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