LPS/PHIL 31: Inductive Logic
Professor: Kenny Easwaran (k.easwaran@uci.edu)
Office Hours: Thursdays, 2-4 pm in SST 759
TAs:
- Andrew Lee — Sections 3, 6, 12
- Elijah Spiegel — Sections 5, 7, 8
- Frank Hu — Sections 1, 2, 9
- Tessa Ng — Sections 4, 10, 11
Class times and locations
Lecture: Tu/Th 11-12:20 pm, EH 1200
(sections do not meet on week 1)
| Section | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuesday 7-7:50 am | SSL 145 |
| 2 | Tuesday 8-8:50 am | SSL 145 |
| 3 | Tuesday 9-9:50 am | SSPA 1170 |
| 4 | Tuesday 10-10:50 am | SSPA 1170 |
| 5 | Tuesday 2-2:50 pm | SSPA 1170 |
| 6 | Tuesday 6:30-7:20 pm | SSL 145 |
| 7 | Thursday 7-7:50 am | SSL 145 |
| 8 | Thursday 8-8:50 am | SSL 145 |
| 9 | Thursday 9-9:50 am | SST 122 |
| 10 | Thursday 10-10:50 am | SST 122 |
| 11 | Thursday 1-1:50 pm | SSPA 1170 |
| 12 | Thursday 6:30-7:20 pm | SSL 145 |
Exams (all in EH 1200, the regular classroom):
- Midterm 1: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 11-12:20
- Midterm 2: Thursday, Feb. 19, 11-12:20
- Final: Tuesday, March 17, 10:30-12:30
Textbook: Brian Skyrms, Choice and Chance, 4th Edition (scan removed)
I have made an AI study guide. This is a document that you can upload to an AI assistant like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, so that it can give you targeted help for this class. As of Jan. 4, the study guide only has the material up to the second midterm, but I aim to update it soon to add the rest of the material. If you have any feedback about how your AI assistant is (mis)interpreting things, I may also revise it in light of that. (I recommend trying out all three of these different AI systems, either by creating accounts with them, or using them in the more data-secure way through UCI’s private ZotGPT version. These different AI systems, and various others, all have different personalities. ChatGPT tends to optimize more for engagement, while Claude optimizes for helping you think philosophically, and the others have other features.)
Schedule
| Dates | Reading | In-section | Homework | Exams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 6, 8 | Ch. I | (none) | (none) | |
| Jan. 13, 15 | Ch. II | Section 1 | HW1 | |
| Jan. 20, 22 | Ch. III.1, III.2 | Section 2 | HW2 | |
| Jan. 27, 29 | Ch. VI.1, VI.2 | Section 3 | (none) | Tues., Jan. 27 — first midterm (sample) |
| Feb. 3, 5 | Ch. VI.3, VI.4 | Section 4 | HW4 | |
| Feb. 10, 12 | Ch. VI.5, VI.6 | Section 5 | HW5 | |
| Feb. 17, 19 | Ch. VI.7 | Section 6 | (none) | Thurs., Feb. 19 — second midterm (sample) |
| Feb. 24, 26 | Ch. VII | Section 7 | HW7 | |
| March 3, 5 | Ch. VIII | Section 8 | HW8 | |
| March 10, 12 | Review | Section 9 | (none) | |
| Tues., March 17, 10:30-12:30 — Final Exam |
Sample finals: 1 (accessible version), 2, 3
Section and homework assignments were submitted through Gradescope; those links need a Gradescope login, and the assignment sheets themselves are not posted here.
Section assignments must be done in-person during section, unless you let me know in advance that you have to miss it, or can provide documentation for an unexpected absence.
Homework assignments are due on Sunday at midnight, at the end of the week in which it is listed.
Section and homework assignments all cover material discussed in lectures before the current week - new material is only relevant for the following week’s assignments.
The final grade will be 25% sections, 25% homework, 25% from the two midterms, 25% from the final.