2023-24, Preliminary Examination in Mathematics and Philosophy

1. The subject of the examination shall be (a) Mathematics, and (b) Philosophy. The syllabus and number of papers shall be prescribed by regulation from time to time by the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board and the Board of the Faculty of Philosophy. 2. A candidate shall offer both subjects for examination. 1. Candidates shall take five written papers. The titles of the papers shall be: A. Mathematics I (as specified by the Preliminary Examination in Mathematics) B. Mathematics II (as specified by the Preliminary Examination in Mathematics) C. Mathematics III(P) D. Elements of Deductive Logic Subjects to be studied include: propositional and predicate languages; truth tables; Natural Deduction; relations; the critical application of formal logic to the analysis of English sentences and inferences (problems of symbolization; scope, truth-functionality, quantification, identity, descriptions); elementary metatheorems about propositional calculus (including the following topi

2025-26, Preliminary Examination in Mathematics and Philosophy Exam Regulations - Search You are viewing: 2025/26 version Preliminary Examination in Mathematics and Philosophy A 1. The subject of the examination shall be (a) Mathematics, and (b) Philosophy. The syllabus and number of papers shall be prescribed by regulation from time to time by the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board and the Board of the Faculty of Philosophy. 2. A candidate shall offer both subjects for examination. B 1. Candidates shall take five written papers. The titles of the papers shall be: A. Mathematics I

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