PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning

(3 units)

Nonsymbolic introduction to logical thinking in everyday life, law, politics, science, advertising; common fallacies; the uses of language, including techniques of persuasion.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. identify different types of informal fallacy in everyday (i.e., non-technical) speech and writing.
2. explain elementary logical concepts, and be able to distinguish valid and invalid reasoning.
3. assess the strength of different sorts of evidence (including testimony).
4. analyze and construct arguments, both inductive and deductive.

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