ARTS088 Logic and Argumentation for Everyone

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023

The course is not taught in Spring 2023

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. BcA. Jiří Raclavský, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
no special pre-requisites
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Both logic and argumentation play a significant role in contemporary society. The course focuses on the bare essentials of the corresponding theory/knowledge and underlying methods/techniques. It is a practical-skills oriented course.
Learning outcomes
  • general evaluation of arguments
  • detection of formal and informal drawbacks of argumentation and justification
  • assesment of logical and even extra-logical aspects of argumentation
  • application of logical techniques in other areas
    • Syllabus
    • logic
    • argumentation and logic: basic concepts;
    • truth, form and validity;
    • natural deduction;
    • logical consequence;
    • predication and quantification;
    • equivalences and contradictories;
    • syllogisms;

      • theory of argumentation
    • identification: dialectical phases and roles;
    • reconstruction: simple and complex arguments;
    • evaluation: sound arguments and fallacies;
    Literature
    • GORANKO, Valentin. Logic as a tool : a guide to formal logical reasoning. Online. First published. Chichester: Wiley, 2016. xxii, 358. ISBN 9781118880005. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
    • RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří. Úvod do logiky: klasická predikátová logika ([Introduction to Logic: Classical Predicate Logic). Online. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015. 348 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7867-3. [citováno 2024-04-24] URL info
    • RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří. Úvod do logiky: klasická výroková logika ([Introduction to Logic: Classical Propositional Logic). Online. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015. 238 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7790-4. [citováno 2024-04-24] URL info
    • PICHA, Marek. Kritické myšlení a rekonstrukce argumentu (Critical thinking and reconstruction of argument). Online. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014. 41 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6730-1. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
    • BERGMANN, Merrie, James MOOR and Jack NELSON. The logic book. Online. 6th ed., international ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2014. x, 611. ISBN 9781259010606. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
    • HURLEY, Patrick J. A concise introduction to logic. Online. 11th ed., international ed. Australia: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012. xxi, 706. ISBN 9781111185893. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
    • PICHA, Marek. Argumentační fauly (Fallacies). Online. Brno: Centrum Občanského Vzdělávání MU, 2012. 10 pp. [citováno 2024-04-24] URL info
    • WALTON, Douglas N. Fundamentals of critical argumentation. Online. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xvi, 343. ISBN 0521530202. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
    • EEMEREN, F. H. van, R. GROOTENDORST and A. F. SNOECK HENKEMANS. Argumentation : analysis, evaluation, presentation. Online. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2002. xiv, 195. ISBN 0805839526. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
    • PRIEST, Graham. Logic : a very short introduction. Online. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. xii, 140. ISBN 9780192893208. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
    Teaching methods
    This is an e-course
  • each week there is an e-lesson in e-class (MS Teams)
  • each e-lesson explains the theory/technique and its application
  • consultations included in e-lessons (video/chat)
  • after each e-lesson a short e-test ('ROPOT') as a homework
    • Interactive syllabi contain (for each lesson):
  • text explaining each problem + method of its solution
  • exercises via e-tests
  • video/chat consultation
  • links to supporting external text/video materials
    • Homeworks:
  • regular on-line exercises (short e-tests on each subject)
    • Assessment methods
  • Accomplished homeworks, i.e. regular short e-tests (33%)
  • Participation in e-classes (33%)
  • Final e-test (34%)
  • - similar to regular e-tests
  • - selection of the crucial topics/techniques of the e-course
  • in each of the three parts, one must achieve at least 66% (i.e. visit 8 of 12 e-classes, successfuly pass 8 of 12 homeworks/e-tests, fill correctly the final e-test at least from 66%)
    • Language of instruction
    English
    Follow-Up Courses
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught: every week.
    Teacher's information
  • All required materials for this course are in IS.
  • Who is interested in logic may get some additional info (on other courses taught at MU etc.) at http://www.phil.muni.cz/~raclavsky/logika/index.php?p=en
  • For more argumentation theory (and practice), visit the course ARTS008 Argumentace a logika (CZ only)
    • The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Autumn 2022.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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