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Ann Michelle Baker
PHIL 115
Seattle Campus
Introduction to logic emphasizing concepts and methods useful for practical analysis of arguments in everyday contexts; meaning, syllogisms, logical diagrams, inductive and statistical inference, informal fallacies, argument structure, perhaps some beginning symbolic logic. Offered: AWSpS.
Class description
We are bombarded by arguments made by family, friends, policy makers, political candidates, news analysts, advertisers, and scientists. This course is designed to give you the analytic tools to evaluate the strength of their arguments. We will discuss the power and limitations of various types of argument, including statistical, causal, analogical, and legal inferences and arguments. TEXT: "Reason and Argument", Richard Feldman.
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