| Note:
Some of the materials below (my notes and the handouts) are available
in pdf format only, and thus you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to
view them. Click
here for a free download.
Course
materials:
- Syllabus
for regular section (pdf)
(introduction, course requirements, class policies, schedule)
- Syllabus
for honors section (pdf)
(the same, but with course requirements for those seeking honors
credit)
- Blackboard
login page (use to view and post to course weblog, retrieve
grades, etc.)
- Blog
discussion guidelines (pdf)
- Logic-related
items
- The
PowerPoint slides from the day on logic and critical thinking
(pdf)
- "A
quick course in logic" (D. Earl) (pdf)
(A longer text by way of introduction to logical concepts)
- "Dennis'
guide to logical fallacies" (D. Earl) (an introduction
to some common mistakes in reasoning)
- http://www.fallacyfiles.org/
(A very good site on logical fallacies, with a glossary of fallacies
and logical concepts)
- "Classical
conceptual analysis" (pdf)
(D. Earl) (on definitions; this is not covered in our course
directly, and it's pitched at a little higher level for sure,
but you may find it useful)
- Test
review questions
- Test
1 (pdf)
- Test
2 (pdf)
- Test
3 (pdf)
- Test
4 (pdf)
- Test
5 (to be posted)
- Final
exam review questions (to be posted)
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