Contract Academic Position Details

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NOTE: Course offerings are subject to budgetary approval


Posting Reference: PHIL 3012 SJ01A


Course Information

Course Prefix: PHIL Course Number: 3012
Course Section: SJ01A Course Name: Symbolic Logic
Term: Fall Campus:Saint John
Faculty: Arts, Faculty of Department: Humanities and Languages, Department of
Position Start Date: 2025-09-01 Position End Date: 2025-12-31
Posting Date: 2025-05-26 Application Deadline: 2025-06-22
Applications to be submitted via: email email humlang@unb.ca
Requested By: Dr. Miriam Jones, Chair


Class Details

Days: T Th Time: 1:00-2:20pm
Number of Positions Available: 1 Total Credit Hours: 3
Mode of Delivery: Face to Face Location: On Campus
Stipend Amount: $7193


Curriculum Context

A study of the principles and practices of symbolic logic, including truth tables, along with the standard notations and methods of natural deduction: conditional and indirect proof. This course emphasizes applications in sentence logic and in the logic of quantification up to the logic of relations.



Course Description

A study of the principles and practices of symbolic logic, including truth tables, along with the standard notations and methods of natural deduction: conditional and indirect proof. This course emphasizes applications in sentence logic and in the logic of quantification up to the logic of relations.

Prerequisites: PHIL 1053, or one upper-level course in Mathematics, or permission of the instructor.



Qualifications

PhD with a focus on Philosophy is preferred, but qualified individuals with a Masters degree will be considered.



Additional Notes

• Applications must be submitted by email as specified to humlang@unb.ca.
• All applicants must submit a CV and letter of application expressing interest and letters of reference if possible.
• This course is subject to change to minimum enrollment, budgetary approval, and instruction hour changes to ensure minimum contact hours are met.
• There may be a Right-of-First-Refusal (ROFR) holders on this course.
• Applicants can access the Collective Agreement at the following link:
https://www.unb.ca/hr/ _resources/pdf/agreements/caecollectiveagreemen20162020final 1. pdf



Disposition

Instructor(s) hired

Is the instructor a Graduate Student Teaching Apprentice

no

Successful Applicant(s)

J Chapman-Meloche


Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada