"Equilibrium" by Catherine Aguilar

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Last updated 5/6/08.

 

PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking

  • Syllabus
  • Section 23: TR 10:00–11:15 am
  • Textbook Website (Link) - practice exercises and online quizzes that correlate with the textbook.
  • Readings & Assignments (listed by date assigned, most recent first)
  • 5/6: Assignment #13 (due 5/8). Here's a study guide for the Final Exam.
  • 5/1: Assignment #12 (due 5/6).
  • 4/29: Assignment #11 (due 4/30): pp. 186-187, ex. A, #1-4.
  • 4/24: No new readings or assignments.
  • 4/22: Assignment #10 (due 4/24). Here's a handout on argument evaluation.
  • 4/17: Midterm Exam today.
  • 4/15: The second Midterm Exam will take place on 4/17. Here's a study guide. You will need to bring a Scantron form.
  • 4/10: No class today. I'm out of town at a conference.
  • 4/8: Assignment #9 (due 4/15): exercise A, pp. 157-159. There will be no class on 4/10. I will be out of town at a conference. Also, the second Midterm exam has been postponed until 4/17. Here's a study guide for the midterm.
  • 4/3: Assignment #8 due next class.
  • 4/1: Read pp. 147-156, 453-460, and "The Science of Persuasion".
  • 3/27: Read pp. 134-146.
  • 3/25: Read pp. 125-133. Here's a handout on using syllogisms to identify unstated premises.
  • 3/13: Assignment #7 (due 3/25).
  • 3/11: Assignment #6 (due 3/13). Here's a handout on syllogisms.
  • 3/6: Read Chapter 10. Here's a handout on conditionals and disjunctions.
  • 3/4: No new readings or assignments.
  • 2/28: Assignment #5 due next class.
  • 2/26: Midterm today. Read pp. 110-116 for next class.
  • 2/21: The first Midterm exam will take place on Tuesday (2/26). Here is a study guide. You will need to bring a Scantron form.
  • 2/19: No new readings or assignments.
  • 2/14: Read pp. 105-109. Assignment #4 is due next class.
  • 2/12: Read pp. 93-104. Assignment #3 is due next class. Handout on arguments and explanations.
  • 2/7: Assignment #2 (due next class): pp. 53-54, ex. A, 1,2,3,5,6,7,10. In addition to identifying the criteria each definition violates, you should explain how it violates those criteria. You do not need to reformulate the definitions. Just critique them.
  • 2/5: Read pp. 87-92, 547-549.
  • 1/30: Read pp. 33-44. Assignment #1 due next class.
  • 1/29: Read pp. 11-28.
  • 1/24: Think about the question "What is truth?" Come up with a one-sentence definition for class discussion on 1/29.
  • 1/22: Read pp. 1-7.