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Research Methodology 4: Logics (9683)

Coordinating lecturer:dr. Arthur WILLEMSE 
Co-lecturer:dr. Henrique JERÔNIMO BEZERRA MARCOS 


Credits: 3,0
Study load hours: 81
Period: quarter 4 (3sp)

Language of instruction: English
Exam contract: not possible

2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
Final grade2: Numerical
Tolerance3: See included in these programmes

Sequentiality
No sequentiality


Prerequisites
  • The students can analyze and interpret English texts.
  • The students can apply the language skills acquired in the "Legal English" course.


Content

The course Logic presents the following topics:

  1. What is logic and what are its uses?
  2. Introduction to propositional logic;
  3. Syllogisms and Venn diagramms;
  4. Introduction to predicate logic.


Compulsory coursebooks (printed by bookshop)
 

Coursebook 1:

Subtitle: Coursebook
Extra info:

 

Recommended course material
 

Text book 1:

Introduction to Logic, Copi I. M., 2016, Routledge

ISBN: 9781292024820

 

Remarks
 

This is a course in which students get acquainted with logic, something that will be of great benefit to them in their future legal careers.



Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Practical  


Evaluation

Quarter 4 (3,00sp)

Evaluation method
Written exam100 %
Open-book
Open questions
Additional information

In consultation with the Education Management Team and the Student Administration, the lecturer determines the schedule and the examination format for a possible catch-up exam. The examination format may deviate from the examination format used during the regular examination  period. The schedule and examination format will be communicated to the student after the request for a catch-up exam has been approved. 


Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No
Explanation (English)Depending on the number of participants, the evaluation form can be
changed at the second chance.


Learning outcomes
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Bachelor of Laws
  •  EC 
  • EC02 - A graduate of the Bachelor of Laws programme has (basic) knowledge of meta-legal sciences, including historical, philosophical, social and political aspects of law, economic principles and logics. (academic, specifically legal, skills and knowledge)

  •  EC 
  • EC06 - A graduate of the Bachelor of Laws programme is able to collect, select, analyse and critically process legislation, case law, legal doctrine and other legal texts and sources. (general academic research competency)

     
  •  DC 
  • The student has mastered the principles of formal logic (proposition, predicate, and class logic) and has begun to connect these to their legal studies and work.

  •  EC 
  • EC16 - A graduate of the Bachelor of Laws programme is able to plan and evaluate their own approach and learning processes. They do so with an increasing degree of independence and self-direction, while demonstrating a positive attitude towards lifelong learning. (general competency)

 

Included in these programmesTolerance3
2nd year Bachelor of Laws Y



1   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2.
2   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
3   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2.