Logic I

A.Y. 2024/2025
9
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
M-FIL/02
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with the basics notions and methods of contemporary logic, with an approach oriented towards the acquisition of knowledge as well as the development of practical skills. Such notions and methods will be valuable in any activity requiring advanced reasoning and problem-solving abilities
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- knowledge of the basic notions and methods of modern formal logic;
- master the fundamental tools of deductive logic
- basic knowledge of the fundamental results in propositional and quantificational logic: completeness, decidability of Boolean logic, undecidability of quantificational logic, computational complexity of Boolean logic.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
- define suitable formal languages to solve a given class of problems;
- translate sentences from ordinary language into a suitable Boolean or first-order language;
- carry out deductions and find counterexamples to incorrect inferences.
- can apply the logical tools acquired to solve theoretical and practical problems..
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Boolean Logic
First Order Logic
Turing Computability
Completeness, Decidability, Complexity, Limitative Results.
Prerequisites for admission
Specific preliminary notions are not required
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures, tests, self-assessment tests.
Teaching Resources
Handouts by proff. D'Agostino and Primiero.
Suggested reading: Marcello D'Agostino, Hykel Hosni, Le vie della logica, Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi, 2024.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Written Exam: Test with theory questions and closed answer exercises, aimed at verifying knowledge and skills acquisition within the learning objectives of the course. The test includes questions and exercises with different difficulty levels and weighted accordingly, with easier questions granted less points. Passing the exams requires verification that all essential knowledge has been acquired.

OLE/VLE: https://myariel.unimi.it/course/view.php?id=3579

PROGRAMME FOR 6CFU: first 40 Hours; 9CFU: 60 Hours.

LECTURE RECORDING: Only for Introduction and Revision classes. 

Non attending students: Revision Lectures will be recorded and made available online. All details on Moodle MyAriel/Ariel

Program valid for 1 academic year, as by regulation.
M-FIL/02 - LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor: Primiero Giuseppe
Educational website(s)
Professor(s)
Reception:
Tuesdays, 14:00-17:00. Students are kindly asked to get in touch by email to confirm date and hour.
Teams/Slack