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Dec 11, 2024
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PHIL& 115 Critical Thinking (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
An informal, non-symbolic introduction to logic and critical thinking emphasizing real-life examples, natural language applications, and the informal logical fallacies.
Student Outcomes
1. Understand and apply accepted standards of rational judgment
2. Examine and solve problems in a systematic manner
3. Detect and overcome personal bias and self-interest, gaining an objective viewpoint
4. Understand how philosophical skepticism can influence thought and judgment
5. Understand how probability can influence judgment
6. Practice consistency and fairness in thought processes
7. Recognize and reconstruct arguments
8. Separate arguments from non-arguments
9. Analyze common and traditional fallacies
10. Separate good arguments from bad arguments
11. Recognize and explicate ambiguity and vagueness in language
12. Recognize structure of argument in language
13. Recognize and supply missing elements in arguments i.e. enthymemes
14. Explain and rebut fallacies
15. Distinguish difference between induction and deduction
16. Distinguish difference between fact and inference
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