Unit name | Critical Reasoning |
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Unit code | PHIL10030 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Karim Thebault |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None. |
Co-requisites |
None. |
School/department | Department of Philosophy |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit introduces the student to the analysis of arguments found in a variety of everyday contexts, understanding the structure of arguments, and the diagnosis of flaws in reasoning. It aims to give the student an understanding of the variety of forms of argumentation and reasoning including statistical reasoning) and the tools to analyse arguments found in everyday life. It aims also, thereby, to make the student more conscious of their own reasoning practices and so less liable to errors in reasoning and more competent in constructing sound arguments of their own.
The student completing this unit should be able to:
11 x 1-hour lectures
Formative assessment:
1 hour mid unit test.
Summative assessment:
2-hour end-of-unit exam. The exam will be broken into sections that will allow for the separate assessment of the various ILOs. For instance, section A will be on the analysis of arguments, assessing ILOs 1, 2, 3, 4. Section B will require the student to construct an argument given various resources, thereby assessing ILOs 2, 5, 6.