Course Title: Advanced Logic |
Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
Description: This course uses the predicate calculus to present a careful development of formal elementary number theory, and elementary recursion theory, culminating in a proof of Gödel's incompleteness results. It includes some discussion of the philosophical significance of these results for the foundations of mathematics. |
Distribution(s): I - Humanities |
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
Samuel Mitchell   | 413-538-2387   | smitchel@mtholyoke.edu   |
Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019   | Seminar   | Monday and Wednesday   | 01:30PM - 02:45PM   | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory   | 402   | Weekly |
Requisite Courses         | ||
Prereq: PHIL-225 or MATH-232. | Take previously   | Required   |
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Additional Comments         |
Course Tags         | ||
PHIL0004   | PHIL-LG: Logic   | This course has been approved to count towards the Philosophy major in the Logic area.   |
Cross-listed Sections         |
None   |
Course Availability | ||||
Section status: Open     | Capacity: 18     | Enrollment: 16     | Available: 2     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
Title: Godel's Incompleteness Theorems Author: Smith, Peter Copyright: Edition: 2 Volume: ISBN: 9781107606753 Publisher: Cambridge UP |
Required   | 32.18   |
Additional Book Comments         |
This is the complete book list for this class.   |
Copies are on order at Odyssey   |
Instructor's comments about the book list: This is a great book. You can find it cheaper on the Internet. You do need the SECOND edition!   |