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Class Detail:
WN 2010 Philosophy PHIL 413 - Formal Philosophical Methods Section 001
Credits:	3
Requirements & Distribution:	BS
Waitlist Capacity:	99
Advisory Prerequisites:	Satisfaction of QR/1 with either 2nd semester calculus, an advanced course in logic, a course in statistics above STATS 265, or a course in economics.
BS:	This course counts toward the 60 credits of math/science required for a Bachelor of Science degree.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Moss,Sarah Swanson
	(real time availability for all sections)

This course surveys the formal tools used in contemporary philosophy. It covers elements of propositional and quantified modal logic, formal semantics, counterfactuals, probability theory, and decision theory. Each class begins with an introduction to formal material and ends with a contemporary philosophical paper that presupposes that material. Requirements include six problem sets and a final exam.

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)



ISBN: 0199258872	A philosophical guide to conditionals, Author: Jonathan Bennett., Publisher: Oxford University Press 1. publ. 2003
Required

ISBN: 9780631197126	Semantics in generative grammar, Author: Heim, Irene., Publisher: Blackwell 1998
Required