[Minnesota-talk] Logic class

[Steve Jacobson]

Quinn,

You're stuck with me again.  It has been many, many years, but I did take a logic class.  If you can get a braille text that is 
great, but I couldn't and took it from a recorded text.  I would urge you to see if you can find the text in a recorded format so 
you at least have that until your braille comes.  When I took logic, I took braille notes on the recorded text and simply used my 
own notation for various operators.  If you will be getting a book in braille, learning the actual braille signs makes sense, 
though.

If you are not getting tests in an accessible format and you are having to copy questions, you likely should be able to get some 
extra time to do the tests.  You might have to find out what procedure you have to follow to do this.  

Again, someone here might know the answers to your specific braille sign questions, but you might also get answers on NFBNET's 
BlindMath list.  To subscribe to that list, go to

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org 

You may also find useful answers on our national list for blind students at

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org

Again, perhaps someone will have answers here, too, I just want you to have some resources so you can get answers quickly.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:48:31 -0600, Quinn Haberl wrote:

>My name is Quinn 

>I am currently a student at Minneapolis community and tech college.  I am taking a class in logic and have some questions 

>I know how to write Bralla and own a Purkins braille writer.  I ordered the logic class textbook in braille in mid November And 
still not received it. 

>My questions: 

>1. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can learn How to do Truth tables?

>2. Does anyone have any ideas about how I could adapt tests for logic class? I do not know much Nameth but I am working on 
learning.  Right now when I take a test I have someone who reads the logical problem to me and then I rewrite what they said. As 
we progress further in the class (tomorrow will be the start of the third week of the semester),  The problems on tests will get 
longer and some of them will even be truth  tables that we may have to complete.   If anyone reads this too has taken a logic 
class you will know what I mean when I say the logical expressions will get much longer. This means that the amount of time it 
will take me to rewrite just one problem I a test will not be very productive. Especially when a test has 20 or more problems.

>3. Does anybody know what the symbols used in logic would be in braille?

>Here are the symbols:

>(Negation)
> ( Conjunction) 
> (Conditional) 
> (bi conditional) 
>( Disjunction) 
>(Universally Quantified Statement)  
>(Existentially Quantified Statement)


>These are the names of the signs:

>Arrow
>Ampersand 
>Double-sided arrow
>Wedge
>Dash 
>Universal quantifier
>Existential quantifier


>Any help that I can get would be greatly appreciated Thanks again

>Quinn Haberl 
> 



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