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Course Description
Academic Year 2010-2011 • Grade 10 and above • Philosophy Sequence
For reference only; see current year course listing for course availability and details.Introduction to Reasoning
Sections and Teachers
Section 1: Instructor: Karl Oles
Starts: September 14, 2010
Ends: June 3, 2011
Friday 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET
Tuition: $350.00
Participants in this course will learn about:
• What is reasoning?
• What are some ways to distinguish between good and bad reasoning?
• How does formal logic work and what are some of its limits?
• What is distinctive about inductive/scientific reasoning?
• What is distinctive about legal reasoning?
• What is distinctive about moral reasoning?
• What is distinctive about theological reasoning?
Each student will prepare a final project analyzing the reasoning in a sample of reasoning drawn from moral or political examples.
Prerequisites
The course briefly introduces formal logic and then looks at practical reasoning and reasoning in science, law, morals, and theology. No prior coursework is required, but some familiarity with these areas is desirable.
Recommended background
Describe recommended prior study
Teacher's notes:
There will be one required text, A Rulebook for Arguments, Fourth Edition, by Anthony Weston, supplemented by materials provided by the instructor or available online.
Textbooks and Materials
This item is required:
A Rulebook for Arguments [Edition or Version: 4], Authors: Weston, Anthony
ISBN: 9780872209541
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
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Introduction to Reasoning
Sections and Teachers
Section 1:
Instructor: Karl Oles
Starts: September 14, 2010
Ends: June 3, 2011
Friday 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET
Tuition: $350.00
Participants in this course will learn about:
• What is reasoning?
• What are some ways to distinguish between good and bad reasoning?
• How does formal logic work and what are some of its limits?
• What is distinctive about inductive/scientific reasoning?
• What is distinctive about legal reasoning?
• What is distinctive about moral reasoning?
• What is distinctive about theological reasoning?
Each student will prepare a final project analyzing the reasoning in a sample of reasoning drawn from moral or political examples.
Prerequisites
The course briefly introduces formal logic and then looks at practical reasoning and reasoning in science, law, morals, and theology. No prior coursework is required, but some familiarity with these areas is desirable.
Recommended background
Describe recommended prior study
Teacher's notes:
There will be one required text, A Rulebook for Arguments, Fourth Edition, by Anthony Weston, supplemented by materials provided by the instructor or available online.
Textbooks and Materials
This item is required:
A Rulebook for Arguments [Edition or Version: 4], Authors: Weston, Anthony
ISBN: 9780872209541
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Ready to Enroll?
Don't yet have a member account? Click this button to create one. We collect only the information we need to identify you and support your enrollments.
Need to know more first? Click the button to check out our FAQs page. You can also email the teacher (just click on the teacher's name in the section listing above!), or contact our Academic Support advisor (See our Support page).
Scholars Online is fully accredited through the Middle States Accreditation Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Hosted on Interserver