Welcome to Phil-111 Critical Thinking and Writing Online
1. Start with TEXT & OVERVIEW link.
2. Next, click the SYLLABUS link to understand our course content, exams, essays, term paper and final exam requirements
3. Then, click the CT Qualities and the 20 Distinctions links to prepare your mind for the work you will accomplish.
4. Assignment: Weeks 1 & 2 click on BASIC LOGIC to start our course content and prepare of EXAM #1 during week 2 of this course online
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Course Outline Topics:
The table below tracks our course topics and exams for these topics. It also has links to webpage resources students may find helpful in mastering these concepts
Course Topics |
Key Concepts |
Web Links |
| Topic 1: Basic Logic Concepts |
Propositions Sentences Arguments Premises Conclusions Analyzing Arguments Validity Soundness Induction Deduction Cogency |
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| Topic 2: Informal Fallacies Exam #2 on all concepts on Topic 2 (Latin names included) Exam date: TBA |
Informal Fallacies Relevance, Presumption, and Ambiguity |
Phil. Pages
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| Topic 3: Categorical Propositions Exam #3 on all concepts on Topic 3 Exam date: TBA |
Categorical: Terms, Propositions Arguments. Quantity, Quality of Propositions. Square of Opposition. Distribution of a Term. |
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| Topic 4: Categorical Syllogisms Exam #4 on all concepts on Topic 4 Exam date: TBA |
Syllogistic Reasoning: Major, Minor and Middle terms. Immediate Inferences. Mood & Figure. Venn Diagrams The Six Rules. |
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| Topic 5: Arguments in Ordinary Language |
Translating every day language into categorical propositions and syllogisms |
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| Topic 6: Symbolic Logic |
Logical Symbols. Argument Forms. Statement Forms. Rules of Inference. Rules of Replacement. |
Phil. Pages
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| Topic 7: Methods of Deduction |
Propositional (Symbolic Logic)
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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| Topic 8: Inductive Inferences |
Nature of Inductive Reasoning. Arguments and Refutation from Analogy. Cause and Effect Reasoning. Scientific Method. Mills Methods. Science and Hypothesis. Probability Theory. |
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| Topic 9: Causal Reasoning | Defines the necessary and sufficient conditions for ' of something to be the 'cause' of some other thing. |
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| Topic 10: Analogical Reasoning | Defines the necessary and sufficient conditions for successful entailment by analogical premises in an argument |
Copi Chapter and Sample Test |
| Essays 1 & 2 Term Paper |
Assigned in Class. |
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| Final Exam |
Final Exam: Format, Content, Date and Time to be announced in class |
click this link to Dorothy Sayers 1947 essay:
