Summer 2018  |  PHIL 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Logic (82751)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
First Half of Term
 
06/11/2018 - 07/06/2018
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 09:05AM - 11:35AM
UMTC, West Bank
Carlson School of Management 2-219
Enrollment Status:
Open (17 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Application of formal techniques for evaluating arguments.
Class Description:
Have you ever heard an argument that you knew wasn't any good, but you didn't have the tools you needed to show what was wrong with it? This course will give you those tools. We will look at many different kinds of arguments and we will identify the patterns of good and bad arguments. You will learn a method for describing and analyzing these patterns so that you will be able to evaluate even very complicated arguments in a straightforward way. Armed with these abilities you will be able to diagnose the problems with faulty arguments and you will be better equipped to come up with excellent arguments of your own. Your writing will become clearer, better argued, and more forceful. And most of all, your will become a clearer and more reasonable thinker. Logic cannot teach you what to think, but it will teach you how to think, and thinking logically is a crucial skill for you as a student and a citizen.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82751/1185
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 September 2007

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