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Before today’s class, please read LPL Ch 1.1-1.2
Please read LPL, Ch 3 up through section 3.4 (Don’t worry about reading anything from Chapter 2 at this point; we really are skipping over it for now.)
NO CLASS: LABOR DAY
Please Read LPL Ch 3.5-3.7
Please Re-read LPL Ch 3.5-3.7
Please read LPL, Ch 4-4.3.
Software Introduction: Boole
No Class Meeting
Work on PS 1! Mark has extra office hours in CLA 163 that day from 9 to 11 a.m.
LPL, Ch. 4-4.3 continued
LPL, Ch. 4-4.3 continued
Other types of Necessity, Possibility, Equivalence, and Consequence
Handout 6: Euler Diagram of Necessity: Use this for Exercise 4.8 on PS 2.
Please read LPL, Ch 2-2.1, 6-6.3
Please read LPL Ch 2.2-2.3 and 6.4-6.5
Please re-read LPL Ch 6.4-6.5
This is the end of the material on which you will be tested for Exam 1! That exam only covers material up through Chapter 6.
Please read LPL Ch 7-7.3
PS 3 due at the beginning of class
EXAM 1
Please Read LPL Chapter 8.2
NO CLASS OR OFFICE HOURS: Mark is out of town. David still has his Friday tutoring hours.
Read these slides on translating unless and these on implicature, and work on PS 4! Note: you won’t be asked any questions about implicature on homework or on a test; it’s just a useful idea for getting translations right!
Please read LPL Ch 9–9.4
Please re-read LPL Ch 9.4 and read 9.5
No Class: Fall Break Day
Please read LPL, Ch 9.6
Please read LPL Ch. 10.1
Please read LPL Ch 10.2
PS 5 is due. PS 6 is posted, and it’s due on Friday, Nov. 3.
Please review 10.1–10.2
Please read LPL Chapter 10.3
EXAM 2
Please read LPL Ch 11.4
Sentences Requiring Paraphrasing: Donkey Sentences
After today, we have now covered all the material you need for PS 7. It’s hard, so get cracking!
Re-read LPL Ch 11.4
Please read LPL Ch 13.1-3, 13.5
NO CLASS: Head home for Thanksgiving break
NO CLASS: Recover from Thanksgiving. Shop, if you dare.
Please re-read LPL, Chapter 13.1–3, 13.5
PS 8 is posted, and it’s due Friday, 12/02
PS 9 is posted, and it’s due on Friday, 12/8.
PS 9 due at the beginning of class today.