Scholars Online Philosophy Courses
We are still working out our new philosophy sequence. We are excited to be able to offer this introductory course in reasoning for the 2009/2010 academic year.
Individual courses
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Introduction to Reasoning • 2009 listing - for reference only • Grade 9 or above
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Primary Instructor
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Sections
[Enrolled students will be notified if teacher schedules change between course posting in April and the scheduled start of classes. Please see Tuition and Fees for refund policy.]
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| | Section 1 Instructor: Karl OlesClasses meet from September 18, 2009 to May 28, 2010Friday 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ETTuition: $350.00
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Website
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| | There is currently no teacher website for this course.
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Description
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| | 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.
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Meetings
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| | This course meets once a week for discussion and review of assigned homework.
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Homework
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| | The weekly workload will vary. Most weeks will involve review of short content available online as background for discussion. A few weeks will involve homework in formal logic and spotting fallacies. There will be an end of term project to analyze an extended argument.
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Prerequisites
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| | The course covers reasoning in science, law, morals, and theology. No prior coursework is required, but some familiarity with these areas is desirable.
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Recommended background
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Instructor's Notes
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| | 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.
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Textbooks and Materials
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A Rulebook for Arguments (Edition: 4)
Weston, Anthony
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| | This text is required.
ISBN: 9780872209541
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
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