Logic for Economists

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Logic for Economists

University of Amsterdam

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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
(1) detect the logical structure behind simple puzzles
(2) be able to manipulate logical expressions
(3) explain the connection between logic and set theory
(4) explain the differences between natural, integer, rational, real and complex numbers
(5) recognise different basic proof techniques

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Advanced Level

Approx. 7 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

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4.39/5 (46 Ratings)

Florian

Dr. Ir.

Quantitative Economics

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Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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Advanced Level

Approx. 7 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

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University of Amsterdam

A modern university with a rich history, the University of Amsterdam

(UvA) traces its roots back to 1632, when the Golden Age school Athenaeum Illustre was established to train students in trade and philosophy. Today, with more than 39,000 students, 5,000 staff and 285 study programmes (Bachelor's and Master's), many of which are taught in English, and a budget of more than 600 million euros, it is one of the largest comprehensive universities in Europe. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities and also maintains intensive contact with other leading research universities around the world.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

10 minutes to complete

Introduction

Overview and motivation of the topics to be treated in the course

10 minutes to complete

1 reading

3 hours to complete

Propositional logic

Logical propositions and the rules that govern them.

3 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 41 min)

2 hours to complete

Predicate logic, set theory, and functions

Logical statements that depend on a variable.

2 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 57 min)

Week

Week 2

1 hour to complete

Numbers

1 hour to complete

2 videos (Total 39 min)

1 hour to complete

Proofs

1 hour to complete

1 video (Total 23 min)

1 hour to complete

Final test

1 hour to complete

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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 SNOct 6, 2020

The course approaches the material well and explains it well. But, the problem sets are much harder than the level of discussion in the videos. Overall, I found the course challenging.

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.

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Logic for Economists

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