The Unofficial LogicCoach Page

 

Official Sites

 

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

 

LogicCoach 10	The Official LogicCoach 10 Page is maintained by the program's distributor Cengage Publishing.
LogicCoach 9	The Official LogicCoach 9 Page is maintained by the program's distributor the Wadsworth Publishing Company.

 

 

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For Students

 

            LogicCoach 10

 

            LogicCoach 9

 

            Other versions of LogicCoach

 

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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

 

LogicCoach 9 and 10 feature 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.

 

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LogicCoach 10

 

All the great features of LogicCoach 9 plus all the terrific new exercises found in the tenth edition of Patrick Hurley’s A Concise Introduction to Logic.  LogicCoach is the most complete computer access to the Hurley exercises and the evaluation of the work done to answer them.  No other program for the Hurley text does anywhere near as much!

 

Latest WINDOWS version (dated 09/02/2008). The Windows version starts a new number series, 6.1.x.

 

Security Warnings:

• To function properly in 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.  (The latest versions of LogicCoach 10 are 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 will create a LogicCoach folder on your desktop. Move it to any other convenient location of your choice. However, you MUST keep your record file in the same folder as the H10_Data subfolder. It is best to keep both in your LogicCoach folder

 

Latest MAC PPC version (dated 06/25/2008).

 

Latest MAC Intel version (dated 06/25/2008).

 

The MAC version starts a new number series, 5.x.

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LogicCoach 9

 

 

Windows users: After downloading the setup program, run the application. The setup program will guide you through the process of installing LogicCoach on your hard drive.

 

Latest WINDOWS version (dated 11/09/2007). The Windows version starts a new number series, 5.x.

 

VISTA warnings:

• To function properly, 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.
• Furthermore, the Vista security model makes it difficult to send complete records to your instructor.  One work around is to create and keep your records entirely within your My Documents folder.  When you return as a registered user then reopen the same record file.  Finally, to share this record with your instructor, attach the file on the removable media 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 image to your desktop, mount the application. It will create a LogicCoach folder on your desktop. Move it to any other convenient location of your choice. However, you MUST keep your record file in the same folder as the H9_Data subfolder. It is best to keep both in your LogicCoach folder.

 

Latest MAC PPC version (dated 11/13/2007).

 

Latest MAC Intel version (dated 11/13/2007).

 

The MAC version starts a new number series, 3.x.

 

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Other Versions of LogicCoach

 

LogicCoach is still available for the 8th edition of the Hurley Text.

 

Last WINDOWS version (dated 9/09/2004).