FF:PHUZZL Elem. of Logic and Critic. Thi - Course Information
PHUZZL Elements of Logic and Critical Thinking
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Fri 20. 9. 14:00–15:40 A11, Fri 15. 11. 14:00–15:40 A11
- Prerequisites
- No special preconditions
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Social Studies Basics (programme FF, N-ZA_) (4)
- Course objectives
- The goal of the course is to introduce students to informal logic and the basics of critical thinking.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students will be able to:
understand key notions of informal logic,
identify argumentative forms of discourse,
identify and assess basic types of deductive and inductive arguments,
identify logical fallacies. - Syllabus
- 1. The concepts of logic, informal logic and the basic concepts of logic and critical thinking (argument, premise, conclusion, justification, validity, soundness, etc.)
- 2. Identification of argumentative forms of discourse and their distinctive features;
- 3. Deduction, induction and typical arguments.
- 4. Argument diagrams, identification of implicit assumptions.
- 5. Assessment of key deductive and inductive arguments.
- 6. Logical fallacies.
- Literature
- Patrick Hurley - A Concise Introduction to Logic
- Teaching methods
- seminář
- Assessment methods
- Written exam - approx. 8 questions - min. pass level 60 percent. Compulsory attendance.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: komb. studium: e-learning + prezenční výuka dvakrát za semestr. - Teacher's information
- https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/podzim2022/PHUZZL/index.qwarp
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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