PHIL 301 Reasoning and Argumentation
An introduction to deductive logic. Topics include rhetoric, dialectic, types of definition, informal fallacies, deductive validity, syllogistic logic, and legal reasoning. Simple inductive procedures also considered. Area I. Enduring question addressed: What does it mean to know? What and how much can we know? Offered both semesters.
Cross Listed Courses
PHIL 301, PHIL 302, PHIL 351
Prerequisite
Open to students who've taken one of the following pairs, as well as to graduate students in the pre-theology certificate program and transfer students in the PhB program:
PHIL 201 &
PHIL 202 or
PHIL 211 &
PHIL 212 or
HSPH 101 &
HSPH 102