Exam Details

Subject Logic: Classical And Symbolic
Paper
Exam / Course Bachelors Degree Programme
Department School of Social Work (SOSW)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. What were the main contributions of Leibniz and Boole in the transition from classical to modern Logic? Explain.

OR

Provide a formal proof of validity for the following using 9 rules of inference and rules of replacement.

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2. How do terms relate to classes? What is the importance of terms in Logic? Explain.

OR


Construct a formal proof of validity for the following arguments using conditional proof.
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3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each
Logic is not so much concerned with the truth of propositions but with the validity of arguments. Explain.
Construct a formal proof of validity for the following argument.

<br><br> <img src='./qimages/11443-3b.jpg'> Discuss any five types of informal fallacies. Discuss the distinction between formal and material Logic.

4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each:
Find the obverse of the following: All players are experts.
No musicians are novelists.

(iii) Some scholars are women
Some strangers are not foreigners.
Provide the definition of negation with example.
Provide the truth table for implication.

(d) Distinguish between sentence and proposition.
Explain Modus Ponens with an example.

(f) Describe the meaning of inverse variation.

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each Fallacy of 'undistributed middle'

(b) Mood

(c) Syllogism
Biconditional
Venn Diagram Stroke function Disjunction Existential Quantifier


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Subjects

  • Ancient And Medieval Western Philosophy
  • Contemporary Western Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Indian Philosophy :Part I
  • Indian Philosophy-Ii
  • Logic: Classical And Symbolic
  • Metaphysics
  • Modern Western Philosophy
  • Philosophy Of Human Person
  • Philosophy Of Religion
  • Philosophy Of Science And Cosmology
  • Religions Of The World
  • Tribal And Dalit Philosophy