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Fareed A. Awan
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
This course serves as an introduction to logical argument. It will cover formal and informal logic, translating arguments, the concepts of truth and rationality, and will examine causal inference. Students will learn to formulate and criticize different types of arguments, identify errors of reasoning in symbolic and natural language, and learn to read and think critically about evidence standards in philosophy, media, and science. There are no prerequisites for this course. TEXT: Reason and Argument (2nd edition - Paperback), Feldman, Richard
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