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Fall 2020 | PHIL 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Logic (13685)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (107 of 128 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sharpen your reasoning skills through a close examination of arguments. Learn formal methods for representing and assessing arguments, including how to represent informal arguments in formal languages, and how to evaluate whether the premises of an argument entail its conclusion.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- 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/13685/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2020 | PHIL 1001 Section 002: Introduction to Logic (13687)
- Instructor(s)
- Christopher Nagel (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon 10:10AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (28 of 32 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sharpen your reasoning skills through a close examination of arguments. Learn formal methods for representing and assessing arguments, including how to represent informal arguments in formal languages, and how to evaluate whether the premises of an argument entail its conclusion.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- 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/13687/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2020 | PHIL 1001 Section 003: Introduction to Logic (13686)
- Instructor(s)
- Christopher Nagel (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon 11:15AM - 12:05PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (28 of 32 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sharpen your reasoning skills through a close examination of arguments. Learn formal methods for representing and assessing arguments, including how to represent informal arguments in formal languages, and how to evaluate whether the premises of an argument entail its conclusion.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- 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/13686/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2020 | PHIL 1001 Section 004: Introduction to Logic (13688)
- Instructor(s)
- Justin Ivory (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 32 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sharpen your reasoning skills through a close examination of arguments. Learn formal methods for representing and assessing arguments, including how to represent informal arguments in formal languages, and how to evaluate whether the premises of an argument entail its conclusion.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- 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/13688/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2020 | PHIL 1001 Section 005: Introduction to Logic (14804)
- Instructor(s)
- Rebecca Kosten (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 11:15AM - 12:05PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (32 of 32 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sharpen your reasoning skills through a close examination of arguments. Learn formal methods for representing and assessing arguments, including how to represent informal arguments in formal languages, and how to evaluate whether the premises of an argument entail its conclusion.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- 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/14804/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
Fall 2020 | PHIL 1001 Section 010: Introduction to Logic (16857)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (31 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sharpen your reasoning skills through a close examination of arguments. Learn formal methods for representing and assessing arguments, including how to represent informal arguments in formal languages, and how to evaluate whether the premises of an argument entail its conclusion.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times.
- 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/16857/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
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