Course Schedule

*This schedule is tentative and will probably change a lot*

September 4—6
Tuesday: Introduction to class | (no reading)
Thursday: Critical Thinking & Understanding Arguments| read pages 165-174

September 11—13
Tuesday: Understanding Arguments: Argument Workshop| read pages 174-184
Thursday: Evaluating Arguments | read pages 185-191

September 18—20
Tuesday: Deductive Args: Valid & Sound | read pages 237-247
Thursday: Deductive Args: Evaluating Validity | read pages 247-261; Homework #1 due

September 25—27
Tuesday: Inductive Arguments | read pages 200-213
Thursday: QUIZ #1; Inductive Args: Analogies & Causal Args | read pages 214-227

October 2—4
Tuesday: Inductive Args wrap-up
Thursday: Scientific Reasoning (Abductive Args) | read pages 366-383 | FUN THURSDAY #1: Proof

October 9—11
Tuesday: Scientific Arguments: Evaluation (murder mystery) | read pages 384-394
Thursday: Fallacies: Equivocation, Division, Composition| read pages 131-136

October 16—18
Tuesday: Fallacies: Ad Hominem, Force, Pity, Popular Appeal | pgs. 137-144; Presentations #1 & #2
Thursday: Fallacies: Ignorance, Circular, Straw Man, Red Herring | pgs. 144-150; Presentations #3 & #4; Homework #2 due

October 23—25
Tuesday: Review for Midterm Exam | (no assignment)
Thursday: MIDTERM EXAM

October 30—November 1
Tuesday: Fallacies: Authority, Dilemma, Slippery, & Naturalistic | pgs. 150-159; Presentations #5 & #6
Thursday: Cognitive Biases: Perception, Memory, Hearsay | read pages 95-102

November 6—8
Tuesday: Cognitive Biases: Confirmation Bias, Statistical Reasoning | read pages 102-113
Thursday: Cognitive Biases: I’M-SPECIAL-ism | read pages 113-117

November 13—15
Tuesday: Cognitive Biases: Social Biases | read pgs. 118-123
Thursday: Cognitive Biases: wrap-up | no reading | FUN THURSDAY #2: Counteracting Biases

November 20
Tuesday: QUIZ #2; Intellectual Honesty intro | read pages 1-12
Thursday: THANKSGIVING (no class!)

November 27—29
Tuesday: Intellectual Honesty: Charity | read pages 13-19
Thursday: Intellectual Honesty: Humility, Open-Mindedness | pgs. 20-29 | FUN THURSDAY #3: Life Plan

December 4—6
Tuesday: PAPER due; Advertising & News | read pages 309-319, 323-330
Thursday: Mass Media: News, Critical Consumers | read pages 338-352

December 11
Tuesday: Mass Media wrap-up; review for Final Exam | read pages 357-359 | Homework #3 due

December 18
4:50-6:50 FINAL EXAM