| Course Title: Logical Thought |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: This course cultivates sound reasoning. Students will learn to see the structure of claims and arguments and to use those structures in developing strong arguments and exposing shoddy ones. We will learn to evaluate arguments on the strength of the reasoning rather than on the force of their associations and buzzwords. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Arden Ali | ardenali@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | DWGT - Dwight Hall | 101 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| PHIL0004 | PHIL-LG: Logic | This course has been approved to count towards the Philosophy major in the Logic area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 38 | Enrollment: 33 | Available: 5 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: A Practical Study of Argument Author: Govier, Trudy Copyright: 2010 Edition: 7 Volume: ISBN: 9780495603405 Publisher: Cengage Learning |
Recommended | 237.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: The seventh edition of this text is available as an eTextbook for rental or purchase at a greatly discounted price. Students do *not* need the seventh 'enhanced' version. |