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Logic
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:14
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_162 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Philosophy; Logic | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aivars Stankevičs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General Psychology, Basics of Philosophy. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with knowledge of logical thinking, its social contexts, key elements and applications in research; to deepen students’ understanding of the basics of logic, forms of thinking and argumentation, emphasizing practical application. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The subject of logic, its historical development. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The topicality of logic in modern society. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Concept – general description, content, scope, classification of concepts, definition of concepts. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Judgment – general characteristics, simple attributive judgment, logical square, complex judgments, modality of judgments. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Interpretations of logic, basic laws of logic. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Conclusion – direct deductive conclusion, syllogism, conclusions with complex premises, inductive conclusions, analogy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Evidence, arguments and hypotheses – essence and types of evidence, requirements for evidence, controversy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Logic, cognition, communication – the role of logical analysis and synthesis in cognition, mutual relations of logical and psychological aspects of communication. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The subject of logic, its historical development. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The topicality of logic in modern society. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Concept – general description, content, scope, classification of concepts, definition of concepts. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Judgment – general characteristics, simple attributive judgment, logical square, complex judgments, modality of judgments. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Interpretations of logic, basic laws of logic. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Conclusion – direct deductive conclusion, syllogism, conclusions with complex premises, inductive conclusions, analogy. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Evidence, arguments and hypotheses – essence and types of evidence, requirements for evidence, controversy. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Logic, cognition, communication – the role of logical analysis and synthesis in cognition, mutual relations of logical and psychological aspects of communication. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Literature analysis, written assignments, collection of information on the Internet, situation analysis, preparation of presentations. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures – 30%; work in seminars and independent work in solving tasks – 40%; exam – 30%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students acquire knowledge about the subject of logic, certain semantic categories (terminology, statements, operators), deductive and inductive conclusions, the structure of the argumentation process, and the diversity of the laws of logic. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Ability to solve logical tasks with terms and statements; to apply the basic rules of logic when analysing texts; to quickly find arguments for the thesis to be substantiated. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Is able to understand the laws of logic, independently argue one’s opinion, able to apply logic in one’s professional activity. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vedins, I. Loģika. Rīga: Avots, 2009. 399. lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Vilks, A. Ievads loģikā. Rīga: RaKa, 2003. 111. lpp. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Veits, D., P. Loģika. Rīga: Jumava, 2000. 48. lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Vedins, I., Golde, J. Uzdevumi loģikā. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1992., 53. uzdevumi | ||||||||
| 3 | Гетманова, А., Д. Учебник по логике. М.: КноРус, 2011. 368 c. | ||||||||
| 4 | Zarefsky, D. The Practice of Argumentation. Cambridge University Press, 2019. pp. 260 | ||||||||
