Courses Current & Past

HistSci2200 – The History of Scientific Thought
Phil1350 – Reality & What We Can Know of It
Phil2250 – Introduction to Logic
Phil2700 – Introduction to Ethics & Value Theory
Phil3510 – Truth & Paradox
Phil3040 – Origins of Analytic Philosophy

Phil2020 – Basic Logic
Phil2260 – Introduction to the Philosophy of Language

Other Material

Beamer Presentation Template

In 2021 I was invited by the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference to give a workshop to student presenters about creating slide presentations in Beamer (a presentation system for use with LaTeX) . This template explains the basics and offers ready-made examples. It is free to use, modify, and distribute as you wish.

Companion Notes to The Logic Book

These notes have been developed over the years to act as a technical, historical, and pedagogical supplement to Bermann, Moor, and Nelson’s The Logic Book, published by McGraw-Hill and now in its sixth edition. A standard at Western, the primary advantage of this text is its wealth of exercises with solutions, allowing students ample practice. However, the book has a habit of introducing certain conceptual, historical, and especially mathematical ideas (esp. mathematical-style proofs!) without the explanations necessary to understand the methods, or to appreciate their importance and interconnections. I include chapters/exercises on Set Theory, Mathematical Induction, Reading and Constructing Mathematical Proofs, a Conceptual Review of material in the text, and an extended section on Foundations (infinity, SOL, Logicism).