Schedule
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| 9/2 (Sun) | Introduction (slides) | Problem Set #1 (Solutions). |
| 9/4 (Tue) | What is an Argument? (Unit #1) (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Propositions”. |
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| 9/6 (Thu) | What is an Argument? (slides) Workshop on statement classification (worksheet). |
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| 9/9 (Sun) | What is an Argument? (slides) The Power of Critical Thinking, pp. 9–17. |
Quiz #1, and Problem Set #2 (Solutions). |
| 9/11 (Tue) | What is an Argument? (slides) The Power of Critical Thinking, pp. 17–20. |
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| 9/13 (Thu) | What is an Argument? (slides) Workshop on argument parsing (worksheet). |
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| 9/16 (Sun) | Understanding an Argument (Unit #2) (slides) The Power of Critical Thinking, pp. 96–101. |
Quiz #2, and Problem Set #3 (Solutions). |
| 9/18 (Tue) | Understanding an Argument (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Diagramming Arguments”. |
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| 9/20 (Thu) | Understanding an Argument (slides) Workshop on diagramming arguments (worksheet). |
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| 9/23 (Sun) | Understanding an Argument (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Emotive Language, Neutral Language, and Disputes”. Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Disputes and Ambiguity”. |
Quiz #3, and Problem Set #4 (Solutions). |
| 9/25 (Tue) | Review of Units #1 and #2 (slides) | |
| 9/27 (Thu) | Note: We will meet in lecture hall 1202 (just this day). | Exam #1. |
| 9/30 (Sun) | Assessing Arguments (Unit #3) (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Deductive and Inductive Arguments”. |
Problem Set #5 (Solutions). |
| 10/2 (Tue) | Assessing Arguments (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Validity and Truth”. |
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| 10/4 (Thu) | Assessing Arguments (slides) Workshop on creating valid and invalid arguments (worksheet). |
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| 10/7 (Sun) | Modern Propositional Logic (Unit #4) (slides) The Power of Critical Thinking, pp. 219–228. |
Quiz #4, and Problem Set #6 (Solutions). |
| 10/9 (Tue) | Modern Propositional Logic (slides) Reread The Power of Critical Thinking, pp. 219–228. |
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| 10/11 (Thu) | Modern Propositional Logic (slides) Workshop on translating natural language and creating truth tables (worksheet). |
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| 10/14 (Sun) | Modern Propositional Logic (slides) The Power of Critical Thinking, pp. 231–238. |
Quiz #5, and Problem Set #7 (Solutions). |
| 10/16 (Tue) | Modern Propositional Logic (slides) The Power of Critical Thinking, pp. 88–93. |
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| 10/18 (Thu) | Modern Propositional Logic (slides) Workshop on assessing arguments with truth tables (worksheet). |
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| 10/21 (Sun) | Natural Deduction (Unit #5) (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “The Elementary Valid Argument Forms”. Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Formal Proofs of Validity Exhibited”. |
Quiz #6, Problem Set #8 (Solutions). |
| 10/23 (Tue) | Natural Deduction (slides) Workshop on identifying valid argument forms (worksheet). |
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| 10/25–11/1 | Eid Al-Adha Break | |
| 11/4 (Sun) | Natural Deduction (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Constructing Formal Proofs of Validity”. |
Quiz #7, and Problem Set #9 (Solutions). |
| 11/6 (Tue) | Natural Deduction (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Constructing More Extended Formal Proofs”. |
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| 11/8 (Thu) | Natural Deduction (slides) Workshop on natural deduction (worksheet). |
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| 11/11 (Sun) | Natural Deduction (slides) Reread Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Constructing More Extended Formal Proofs”. |
Quiz #8, and Problem Set #10 (Solutions). |
| 11/13 (Tue) | Review of Units #3, #4, and #5 (slides) | |
| 11/15 (Thu) | Note: We will meet in lecture hall 1202 (just this day). | Exam #2. |
| 11/18 (Sun) | Classic Categorical Logic (Unit #6) (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Classes and Categorical Propositions”, “The Four kinds of Categorical Propositions”, and “Quality, Quantity, and Distribution”. |
Problem Set #11 (Solutions). |
| 11/20 (Tue) | Classic Categorical Logic (slides) The Power of Critical Thinking,pp. 252–268. |
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| 11/22 (Thu) | Classic Categorical Logic (slides) Workshop on categorical statements (worksheet). |
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| 11/25 (Sun) | Classic Categorical Logic (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “The Traditional Square of Opposition”. |
Quiz #9, and Problem Set #12 (Solutions). |
| 11/27 (Tue) | Classic Categorical Logic (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Further Immediate Inferences”. |
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| 11/29 (Thu) | Classic Categorical Logic (slides) Workshop on making inferences from categorical statements (worksheet). |
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| 12/2 (Sun) | Classic Categorical Logic (slides) Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, “Standard-Form Categorical Syllogisms”. |
Quiz #10, and Problem Set #13 (Solutions). |
| 12/4 (Tue) | Classic Categorical Logic (slides) The Power of Critical Thinking, pp. 269–276. |
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| 12/6 (Thu) | Classic Categorical Logic (slides) Workshop on analyzing categorical syllogisms (worksheet). |
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| 12/9 (Sun) | Review of Unit #6 (slides) | Quiz #11. |
| 12/11 (Tue) | Note: We will meet in lecture hall 1202 (just this day). | Exam #3. |