Last updated 5/5/08.

PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking

• Syllabi
• Section 26: MW 10:00–11:15 am
• Section 30: MW 11:30–12:45 pm
• Textbook Website (Link) - practice exercises and online quizzes that correlate with the textbook.
• Readings & Assignments (listed by date assigned, most recent first)
• 5/5: Assignment #13 (due 5/7). Here's a study guide for the Final Exam.
• 4/30: Assignment #12 (due 5/5).
• 4/28: Assignment #11 (due 4/30): pp. 186-187, ex. A, #1-4.
• 4/23: No new readings or assignments.
• 4/21: Assignment #10 (due 4/23). Here's a handout on argument evaluation.
• 4/16: Midterm Exam today.
• 4/14: The second Midterm Exam will take place on 4/16. Here's a study guide. You will need to bring a Scantron form. Assignment #8 is due on Wednesday 4/16 (extra credit opportunity).
• 4/9: Assignment #8 is due on Wednesday 4/16 (extra credit opportunity). Assignment #9 (due 4/14): exercise A, pp. 157-159. The second Midterm will take place on 4/16. Here's a study guide.
• 4/7: The second midterm will take place next Wednesday (4/16). A study guide will be given out next class.
• 4/2: Read pp. 147-156, 453-460, and "The Science of Persuasion".
• 3/31: Read pp. 134-146.
• 3/26: Read pp. 125-133. Here's a handout on using syllogisms to identify unstated premises.
• 3/24: Assignment #7 (due 3/26).
• 3/12: Assignment #6 (due 3/24). Here's a handout on syllogisms.
• 3/10: Read Chapter 10. Here's a handout on conditionals and disjunctions.
• 3/5: No new readings or assignments.
• 3/3: Assignment #5 due next class.
• 2/27: Midterm today. Read pp. 110-116 for next class.
• 2/25: The first Midterm exam will take place on Wednesday (2/27). Here is a study guide. You will need to bring a Scantron form.
• 2/20: No new readings or assignments.
• 2/18: No class - President's Day.
• 2/13: Read pp. 105-109. Assignment #4 is due next class.
• 2/11: Read pp. 93-104. Assignment #3 (due next class). Handout on arguments and explanations.
• 2/6: 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.
• 2/4: Read pp. 87-92, 547-549.
• 1/30: Read pp. 33-44. Assignment #1 is due next class.
• 1/28: Read pp. 11-28.
• 1/23: Read pp. 1-7. Think about the question "What is truth?" Come up with a one-sentence definition for class discussion on 1/28.