Critical Reasoning (PHIL 2013)
Term: 2022-2023 Academic Year Fall Semester
Faculty
There is not currently a faculty member for this course
Schedule
Tue, 8:15 AM - 11:05 AM (9/7/2022 - 12/6/2022) Location: INPR INPR G308
Description
Examination of the basic principles of constructing good arguments and criticizing bad ones. Among the topics covered are deductive and inductive reasoning, appeals to emotion, personal attack, uses and abuses of expert opinion and techniques for converting everyday reasoning into standard logical form. Emphasis is placed on applying the reasoning skills learned in the course to evaluating ethical, scientific, statistical, and legal arguments.