The Unofficial LogicCoach Page

Official Sites

Wadsworth Publishing Company is now Wadsworth Cengage Learning—same sites; same excellent support.

LogicCoach for Hurley

The Official LogicCoach 11 Page is maintained by the program's distributor Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

LogicCoach for Hausman/Kahane/Tidman

The Official LogicCoach HKT Page is maintained by the program's distributor Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Unofficial Downloads

General Information

Planning Your LogicCoach Installation

For Hurley Students

LogicCoach 11

LogicCoach 10

LogicCoach 9

For Hausman/Kahane/Tidman Students

LogicCoach HKT

For Instructors

Entrance Requires a Password

General Information

The program was developed by Professor Nelson Pole of the Philosophy Department at Cleveland State University who also maintains this site.

LogicCoach consists of an extensive series of computer modules that cover virtually all topics taught in a college course in logic including most aspects of:

Nonformal and Informal logic

Basic Vocabulary
Argument Diagrams
Definitions
Fallacies
Analogies
Mill's Methods
Probability

Traditional Logic (both with and without existential import)

Categorical Propositions
Standardization
Syllogisms
Enthymemes
Sorites
Venn Diagrams

Symbolic Logic

Translation: English to Symbols
Translation: Symbols to English
Logical Form
Truth Tables
Indirect Truth Tables
Quantification
Identity
Proofs
Trees

Planning Your LogicCoach Installation

To function properly in WIN7 or VISTA, LogicCoach needs to be installed under full administrator rights. Even if you log on that way, in WIN7 or VISTA you may NOT really have them. Run the install program by RIGHT clicking on its icon and chose "Run as administrator" from the drop down menu.
Do not keep records that are to be shared in the same folder as the LogicCoach application itself nor keep them anywhere else within the Programs/Applications folder.
It is best to create and store your record in your Documents folder. When you return as a registered user then reopen the same record file. By default, LogicCoach opens the Documents folder for you when saving records. Finally, to share this record with your instructor, attach the file to an email message that is addressed to your instructor.
You MUST keep ALL the items installed in the LogicCoach folder together. Do NOT separate them.
All versions of LogicCoach use the same WIN help file. It has the extension CHM. To run a WIN CHM file on the MAC OSX, you will need a chmReader. Several good ones are available for free. Among these are

ArCHMock from http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/archmock_vyacheslavzakovyrya.html
iCHM from http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/ichm.html

Technical Support

n.pole@csuohio.edu

LogicCoach Features

LogicCoach has significant help features for proofs.

On the step side, put a * while on the citation side the rule and premise numbers, LogicCoach will build the wff for you!
On the citation side, put a * and premise numbers while on the step side the wff, LogicCoach will build the citation for you!
On the both sides, put a * , LogicCoach will give you a hint about a successful strategy for the proof!

For all of these, the advice/fill-in will occur when you check your answer.

The design of the program on all exercise screens is to simulate, as closely as possible, the sort of work that a student does when using paper and pencil.

LogicCoach 11

Latest WINDOWS version (dated 04/28/2011). The Windows versions begin with a 7 and the MAC with a 6.
Latest MAC version (dated 06/25/2011).

LogicCoach 10

Last WINDOWS version (dated 01/22/2010). The Windows versions begin with a 6 and the MAC with a 5.
Last MAC version (dated 06/25/2010).

LogicCoach 9

Last WINDOWS version (dated 11/09/2007). The Windows versions begin with a 5 and the MAC with a 3.
Last MAC PPC version (dated 11/13/2007).
Last MAC Intel version (dated 11/13/2007).

For users of the 8th edition of the Hurley Text, the last WINDOWS version of LogicCoach is still available (dated 9/09/2004).

LogicCoach for Hausman/Kahane/Tidman

LogicCoach HKT

LogicCoach HKT for the eleventh edition of Alan Hausman, Howard Kahane and Paul Tidman’s Logic and Philosophy. LogicCoach provides its users with access to most of the exercises in the text and evaluates the work done to answer them.

The design of the program on all exercise screens is to simulate, as closely as possible, the sort of work that a student does when using paper and pencil.

Latest WINDOWS version (dated 09/01/2011). The Windows version starts a new number series, 2.x.
Security Warnings:

To function properly in WIN 7 or VISTA, LogicCoach needs to be installed under full administrator rights. Even if you log on that way, in Vista you do NOT really have them. Run the install program by RIGHT clicking on its icon and chose "Run as administrator" from the drop down menu.
For security reasons, it is best to create and store your record in your My Documents folder. When you return as a registered user then reopen the same record file. (LogicCoach is set up to open My Documents for you.) Finally, to share this record with your instructor, attach the file to an email message that is addressed to your instructor.
Do not keep records that are to be shared in the same folder as the LogicCoach application itself nor keep them anywhere else within the Programs folder.

Mac OS users: After downloading the setup program to your desktop, double-click on it. The install application has a shortcut to facilitate moving the LogicCoach folder to your applications folder. Feel free to move it to any other convenient location of your choice. However, you MUST keep the data folder in the same folder with LogicCoach.

Latest MAC version (dated 01/31/2011).

LogicCoach III for the 9th edition of the Tidman/Kahane Text is still available.

Last WINDOWS version (dated 3/31/2003)
Last OSX MAC version (dated 9/17/2003--does not work with OSX 10.4 or later)
Last Classic MAC version (dated 9/17/2003)

This page last modified Sunday, October 09, 2011