This course is designed to enable the student to think critically in order to avoid fallacies in reasoning and to arrive at logically sound conclusions in argumentation. The emphasis will be on detecting informal fallacies in logic, and semantics as they appear in advertising, political propaganda, and debate, as well as learning to construct rational arguments. The course is also concerned with how creative thinking occurs and the ways in which it can be fostered.
PHL 209: Critical Thinking
Class Program