This course provides a very brief introduction to basic mathematical concepts like propositional and predicate logic, set theory, the number system, and proof techniques. At the end of the course, students will be able to
Logic for Economists
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Advanced Level
Approx. 4 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English
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University of Amsterdam
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
10 minutes to complete
Introduction
Overview and motivation of the topics to be treated in the course
10 minutes to complete
1 reading
1 reading
Why logic for economists?10m
1 hour to complete
Propositional logic
Logical propositions and the rules that govern them.
1 hour to complete
4 videos (Total 41 min)
4 practice exercises
Logical knots6m
Basic transformations6m
De Morgan's laws6m
The Lady or the Tiger?10m
1 hour to complete
Predicate logic, set theory, and functions
Logical statements that depend on a variable.
1 hour to complete
4 videos (Total 57 min)
4 videos
Predicate logic and set notation11m
Functions and their graphs18m
Onto and one-to-one19m
2 practice exercises
Predicate logic and set theory12m
About functions8m
1 hour to complete
Numbers
1 hour to complete
2 videos (Total 39 min)
1 practice exercise
Questions about numbers6m
1 hour to complete
Proofs
1 hour to complete
1 video (Total 23 min)
1 video
Proofs23m
1 practice exercise
Proof techniques8m
20 minutes to complete
Final test
20 minutes to complete
1 practice exercise
Final Test20m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM LOGIC FOR ECONOMISTS
by CJDec 17, 2019
This was a testing introduction, but I found it very useful to getting to grips with the basics of logic. I very much enjoyed the assignments presented and hope to revisit them at some point.
by NSJun 13, 2020
This course is really helpful and informative but it lacks to provide practice sums and course should have suggested some preference book which can be helpful for problem-solving.
by HKJul 14, 2020
Great course for an introduction into logic and its relations mathematics. The instructor was very responsive and helpful as well.
by TCJul 25, 2020
Content is good but more elaboration would be more helpful .. Logic part is very difficult but though it is explained well.
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