The Unofficial LogicCoach Page

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

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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

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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
• CHM View from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chm-view/id449814591?mt=12
• ArCHMock from http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/27897/archmock
• iCHM from http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/28171/ichm

Note: At the bottom of the latter two pages are links to other chmReaders as well.

• Technical Support
Professor Nelson Pole
Philosophy Department
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
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, version 8.x, comes in a self-contained folder, HLC_11, that requires no special installation. In fact, it can even be placed on a USB drive and run from that, allowing you to move it from PC to PC throughout the day. However, if the intention is to place it in the C:\Programs folder in Win7 64, then it should instead be placed in the C:\Programs (x86) folder since it is a 32 bit application and not a 64 bit one. However, wherever the LogicCoach folder is placed, the contents must be kept together; do not separate them.

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