Course Schedule

January 21—23
Tuesday: Introduction to class (no reading)
Thursday: Critical Thinking Intro (no reading)

January 28—30
Tuesday: Evaluating Args (1.1-1.5)
Thursday; Arguments: Deductive (2.1-2.3) (group work)

February 3—5
Tuesday: Fancier Args & Statements (2.4-2.5)
Thursday: Arguments: Inductive (2.6-2.8)
Homework #1 due

February 10—12
Tuesday: Arguments: Abductive (1.6-1.11) (group work)
Thursday: Fallacies (3.1-3.3)
Quiz #1

February 17—19
Tuesday: Fallacies (3.4-3.7)
Thursday: Fallacies (3.8)
Group Project #1 (in class)

February 24—26
Tuesday: Fallacies (4.1-4.4)
Thursday: Fallacies (4.5-4.7) (group work)

March 3—5
Tuesday: Fallacies (5.1-5.4)
Homework #2 due
Thursday: Fallacies (5.5-5.8)

March 10—12
Tuesday: Fallacies & Review for Midterm (5.9)
Group Project #2 (in class)
Thursday: MIDTERM

March 17—19
SPRING BREAK! (no class) (woo?)


March 24—26
Tuesday: Psychological Impediments (6.1-6.3)
Paper #1 due
Thursday: Psychological Impediments (6.4-6.6)

March 31—April 2
Tuesday: Psychological Impediments (6.7-6.9)
Thursday: Cognitive Biases (handout)
Group Project #3 (in class)

April 7—9
Tuesday: Intellectual Honesty: Charity (3.3, 3.7, 4.5)
Thursday: Intellectual Honesty: Ignorance (handout)

April 14—16
Tuesday: Writing Essays (9.1-9.4)
Quiz #2
Thursday: Writing Essays & Evaluating Ads (10.1-10.5)

April 21—23
Tuesday: Evaluating Ads & News (11.1-11.4)
Homework #3 due
Thursday: Evaluating News (11.5-11.8) (group work: presentation prep)

April 28—30
Tuesday: group presentations
Thursday: group presentations & review for Final Exam

Week of May 5—9
FINAL EXAM
(Time and date to be announced)