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Course Goal
To teach and learn conceptual clarity, effective speaking and sound reasoning for career and life
goals.
Course Objectives:
To practice clarity and techniques for improving concision in the use of language.
To define different modes of reasoning and argumentation
To identify certain principles of reasoning and their application to everyday issues
To recognize certain mistakes and fallacies in argumentation and reasoning
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, learners should be able to:
Identify different types of language in use and recognize when logical techniques do or
do not apply;
Differentiate a passage or discourse that contains an argument from a narrative, or
instruction, or polemic, or literary artistry;
Distinguish between deductive and inductive methods of reasoning, and how they are
applied in basic and applied sciences as well as in the humanities;
Identify polemic ploys and rhetorical tricks commonly employed as tactics of
manipulation and persuasion.
Course Delivery:
Formal Fallacies
The notion of Validity, Truth, and
Soundness