Sect .001 Tentative Reading And Assignment Schedule
Please complete the readings and assignments before coming to class.
Changes to this reading and assignment schedule will be announced in class.
[CIL] Hurley, A Concise Introduction to Logic 11th Ed eChapters: Chapter 1
[CTCIL] Hurley, Critical Thinking . [abbreviated] 11th Ed Cengage
[BCT] Bassham et al., Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction [abbreviated] 4th Ed McGraw-Hill Create™
[OL] = Online via WebCampus: [OL] e-text ; [OL] e-video; [OL] e-assignment
Topics & Assignments
CTCIL Hurley, A Concise Introduction
BCT Bassham et al., Critical Thinking
WEEK 1
M 06/11
Syllabus and Policies;
Introduction to the course;
Critical Thinking:
BCT Chapter 1 Critical Thinking
Standards; The Benefits of Critical
Thinking
Benefits, Barriers & Characteristics
T 06/12
ARGUMENT
e-assignment: Implicit Associations
W 06/13
CIL 1.1 Arguments, Premises & Conclusions
CIL 1.2 Recognizing Arguments
CIL 1.3 Deduction and Induction
CIL 1.4 Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength,
Cogency
06/14
CIL 1.5 Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity
CIL 1.6 Extended Arguments; Summary
WEEK 2
M 06/18
T 06/19
LANGUAGE
EXAM 1 (50 MIN)
TBA
W 06/20
TH 06/21
CTCIL 2.1 Varieties of Meaning ; 2.2 The Intension
and Extension of Terms; 2.3 Definitions and Their
Purposes
CTCIL 2.4 Definitional Techniques; 2.5 Criteria for
Lexical Definitions; Summary; 3.4 Fallacies of
Ambiguity: Equivocation; Amphiboly
e-video: The Persuaders Chapter
Five: Give Us What We Want
CTCIL Fallacies: Appeal to Unqualified Authority;
False Dichotomy/ Bifurcation; Hasty Generalization
BCT Chapter 1 contd. Barriers to Critical
Thinking; Characteristics of a Critical
Thinker
Topics & Assignments
CTCIL Hurley, A Concise Introduction
BCT Bassham et al., Critical Thinking
WEEK 3
M 06/25
INFORMAL FALLACIES
CTCIL 3.2 Fallacies of Relevance
Argument Against the Person:
Abusive; Circumstantial; tu quoque pp. 114-120
CTCIL Accident; Straw Man; Missing the Point; Red
Herring; Begging the question; Complex question;
T 06/26
Composition; Division
W 06/27
TH 06/28
BCT Chapter 9: Categorical Statements
Translating into Standard Categorical
Form pp. 170-175
CATEGORICAL LOGIC
formal fallacies
EXAM 2 (50 MIN)
Categorical Syllogisms
BCT Chapter 9: Categorical Syllogisms
WEEK 4
M 07/02
INDUCTION
e-assignment: Dealing with Induction
CTCIL 3.3 Fallacies of Weak Induction: False
Cause: Gambler==s Fallacy pp. 135-136; Appeal to
Ignorance pp. 131-132;
BCT Chapter 11: Inductive Reasoning
Introduction to Induction; Inductive
Generalizations; Statistical Arguments
BCT Chapter 15:
T 07/03
W 07/04
TH 07/05
SCIENCE AND PSEUDOSCIENCE
CTCIL 3.3 False Cause: post hoc ergo propter hoc,
non causa pro causa, oversimplified cause, pp. 134136; Slippery Slope; Weak Analogy 136-139
CTCIL 3.4 Fallacies of Presumption: Suppressed
Evidence 151-152; Ad hoc rescue & Anecdotal
Evidence .pdf
INDEPENDENCE DAY
12 ANGRY MEN
Science and Pseudoscience
The Basic Pattern of Scientific
Reasoning; The Limitations of Science;
How to Distinguish Science from
Pseudoscience; Two Case Studies in
Pseudoscience and the Paranormal
WEEK 5
M 07/09
ADVERTISING
Ad Analysis
e video: Chapter two under-the-radarmarketing@ from "The Merchants of
Cool" FRONTLINE
[OL] e-text Buzz/viral marketing
T 07/10
NEWS MEDIA
News Analysis
W 07/11
TBA
Review for Final Exam
TH 07/12
FINAL EXAM
CTCIL 3.2 Fallacies of Relevance
Appeal to Force; Appeal to Pity ; Appeal to the
People: Bandwagon; Appeal to Vanity; Appeal to
Snobbery pp. 114-120
BCT Chapter 14: Thinking Critically about
the Media: Advertising
BCT Chapter 14 contd. The Mass Media;
The News Media Getting Us to Pay
Attention: What Really Drives the Media:
The News as Entertainment; Media
Literacy