Course Schedule


This schedule is subject to change!

Collaborative studies

Lecture Date Topic Homework
Introduction to arguments
1 Thu, Jan 23 Introduction
2 Tue, Jan 28 Identifying arguments I A-D
3 Thu, Jan 30 Deductive arguments I E-F Pretest due!
4 Tue, Feb 04 Inductive arguments, reconstruction I G-H
5 Thu, Feb 06 Review
6 Tue, Feb 11 Exam
Informal Fallacies
7 Thu, Feb 13 Personal attacks/emotional appeals 4 A-B
8 Tue, Feb 18 Inductive fallacies 4 C
9 Thu, Feb 20 Assumptions and Diversions 4 D
10 Tue, Feb 25 Fallacies in ordinary language 4 E
11 Thu, Feb 27 Review
12 Tue, Mar 03 Exam
Thu, Mar 05 Spring break
Tue, Mar 10 Spring break
Categorical logic
13 Thu, Mar 12 Categorical propositions 5 A, C-D
14 Tue, Mar 17 Translating statements 5 H
15 Thu, Mar 19 Testing syllogisms 6 A, C
16 Tue, Mar 24 Testing syllogisms (continued)
17 Thu, Mar 26 Review
18 Tue, Mar 31 Exam
Propositional logic
19 Thu, Apr 02 Logical operators 7 A-B
20 Tue, Apr 07 Truth tables 7 C-D
21 Thu, Apr 09 Using truth tables 7 E-G
22 Tue, Apr 14 Using truth tables (continued)
23 Thu, Apr 16 Review
24 Tue, Apr 21 Exam
25 Thu, Apr 23 Review for final
26 Tue, Apr 28 Review for final
27 Thu, Apr 30 TBA
Thu, May 07 Final Exam Laptop required!
8:00am

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Jesse F. Hughes
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