PHIL 1100 - Critical Reasoning

4.5 Credits

Students apply the skills of critical reasoning to everyday language. Students evaluate information and analyze arguments. Students relate successful decision making with the application of critical reasoning.

Recommended: College or business level reading comprehension and writing skills recommended prior to this course but not required.

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Discriminate arguments from non-arguments.
Differentiate inductive reasoning from deductive reasoning.
Recognize ambiguous and vague statements in everyday language
Identify fallacies and rhetorical devices used to obstruct reasoning.
Demonstrate use of categorical and truth functional logic.
Evaluate credibility of sources and claims.

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