Abstract
This subject is an introduction to informal logic and the nature of argument, especially as it relates to real-life settings. It is designed to develop the intellectual virtues of clear thinking and rational decision-making. Students will learn to accurately interpret the many types of arguments they encounter on a day … For more content click the Read More button below.
Syllabus
- What is an argument?
- Pinning down argument structure
- When is an argument a good one?
- Looking at language
- Premises: What to accept and why
- Working on relevance
- Deductions: Categorical logic
- An introduction to inductive arguments
- Causal inductive arguments
- Analogies: Reasoning … For more content click the Read More button below.
- Conductive arguments and counter considerations
Assessment items
1. Weekly exercises
2. Final test
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
1.
be able to show that particular arguments are unsound, or have unnoticed or unwanted implications
2.
be equipped to diagnose fallacies in reasoning and to avoid fallacies in their own writing
3.
be able to demonstrate an advanced familiarity with the scope and content of modern applied logic
4.
be able to construct and evaluate conductive arguments with counterconsiderations.
Enrolment restrictions
Not available to students who have completed PHL201 Critical Reasoning.