Philosophy 4H: Honors Critical Thinking

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• Honors Critical Thinking Syllabus

Homeworks:

• Homework #1, Chapter 1, Due: February 6, 2007
• Homework #2, Chapters 2 and 3, Due: February 20, 2007
• Homework #3, Chapters 4 & Sec 5.2 & 5.3, Due: Feb 27, 2007
• Homework #4, Chapter 6, Due: March 13, 2007
• Homework #5, Chapter 11, Due: April 3, 2007
• Homework #6, Chapter 7, Due: April 24th, 2007
• Homework #7, Chapter 10, Due: May 8th, 2007

Overheads:

Week 1:

Week 2:

• Arguments And Component Parts
• The Support Relationships
• Convergent and Linked Premises
• Types Of Premises: Examples

Week 3:

• Rhetoric And Logic
• Explanations Vs. Arguments
• Making Explanations/Arguments
• Finding Explanations/Arg in Paragraphs
• Factual Vs. Nonfactual Claims
• Values Statements Chart

Week 4:

• Introduction to Creating A PC Structure
• Arguments: Simple Vs. Complex
• Argument Structure: Reformulation
• Tree Diagram: Multiple Conclusions
• Creating a Tree Diagram: Complex Example Book

Week 5:

• Introduction to Evaluating Arguments
• Evaluating Arguments: Validity and Soundness
• Deductive Vs. Inductive Arguments
• Formulating the Missing Premise: Directions
• Finding the Missing Premise: Practice
• Finding the Missing Premise: Value Judgments
• Some Valid Argument Forms

Week 6:

• Features of Pseudoreasoning
• Fallacies: Group 1
• Fallacies: Group 2

Week 7: Midterm Review and Exam

• List of Midterm Topics
• Types of Support
• Explanations Vs. Arguments
• Valid Argument Forms (Examples)
• Types of Premises: Convergent vs. Linked
• Tree Diagram Examples
• Finding Implicit Premises
• Practice Group 2 Fallacies

Week 8:

• All Thing Considered Arguments
• Arguments From Analogy: Short Passages Practice

Week 9:

• Deductive Arguments: Categorical Logic
• Categorical Claims in Standard Form
• Putting In Standard Form: Guidelines
• Areas of a Venn Diagram
• Representing Categorical Claims in Venn Diagrams
• Representing Arguments in Venn Diagrams: Steps
• Representing Arguments in Venn Diagrams: Practice

Weeks 10 and 11:

• Introduction to Sentential Logic
• Truth Functional Sentence Connectives
• Sentence Connectives Chart
• Symbolizing Sentences: Practice 1
• Symbolizing Sentences: Practice 2
• Symbolizing Arguments in Truth Functional Format

• Truth Tables for Sentence Connectives
• Creating a Truth Table
• Representing Sentences in Truth Tables
• Representing Sentences in TT: Harder
• Showing Implication or Equivalence
• Using Truth Tables: Summary of Uses
• Using Truth Tables To Show Arguments Valid: Examples

Week 12:

• Types of Arguments
• Introduction to Inductive Arguments
• Inductive Argument Blank Form
• Inductive Argument Example 1
• Inductive Argument Example 2
• Evaluating Inductive Arguments

Week 13:

• Introduction to Causal Reasoning
• Causal Statements or Hypotheses
• Causal Arguments
• Example 1: Causal Statements & Arguments
• Example 2: Teacher Preparation

Week 14:

• Is to Ought Reasoning
• Values Statements Chart
• Introduction Evaluative Moral/Nonmoral
• Introduction To Moral Philosophy
• Emotivism
• Relativism vs. Universalism
• Types of Ethical Theories
• Divine Command
• Utilitarianism
• Kantian Ethics
• Virtue Ethics

Week 15: Review

• List of Review Topics
• Practice Sentence Relationships
• ATC Arguments Practice Methadone
• ATC Arguments Practice ConfiscateAuto
• ATC Argument Practice Helmet Law
• ATC Argument Practice Dismissing Tragedies
• Arguments From Analogy Practice Nicotine
• Categorical Logic Problem Set: Problem Set Answers
• Practice Truth Tables: All Types Answers
• Practice Truth Tables: Sentence Relationships