Course Schedule

September 2—4
Wednesday Introduction to class | (no assignment)
Friday Critical Thinking Intro | read pages 166-176

September 7—11
Monday Understanding Arguments | read pages 177-182
Wednesday Understanding Args wrap-up | informal group work
Friday Evaluating Arguments | read pages 184-187

September 14—18
Monday Evaluating Arguments wrap-up | informal group work
Wednesday Constructing Your Own Arguments | read pages 188-194
Friday Deductive Args: Valid & Sound | read pages 238-247; Homework #1 due

September 21—25
Monday Deductive Args: Evaluating Validity | read pages 249-261
Wednesday Inductive Args | read pages 202-214
Friday QUIZ #1; Inductive Args wrap-up | read pages 216-219

September 28—October 2
Monday Inductive Args: Analogies & Causal | read pages 221-229
Wednesday Evaluating Inductive Args | Group Project #1 (in class)
Friday Scientific Reasoning (Abductive Args) read pages 371-387

October 5—9
Monday Scientific Arguments: Evaluation | read pages 387-399
Wednesday Scientific Reasoning wrap-up | informal group work
Friday Fallacies: Equivocation & Amphiboly | read pages 133-137; Homework #2 due

October 12—16
Monday Fallacies: Accent & Division | read pages 137-138; Group Presentation #1
Wednesday Fallacies: Ad Hominem & Force | read pages 139-141; Group Presentation #2
Friday Fallacies: Pity & Popular Appeal | read pages 142-144; Group Presentation #3

October 19—23
Monday Fallacies: Ignorance & Hasty | read pages 144-147; Group Presentation #4
Wednesday Review for Midterm Exam | (no assignment)
Friday MIDTERM

October 26—30
Monday Fallacies: Straw Man & Red Herring | read pages 147-150; Group Presentation #5
Wednesday Fallacies: Question Beg & Loaded | read pages 151-153; Group Presentation #6
Friday Fallacies: Authority & Dilemma | read pages 153-156; Group Presentation #7

November 2—6
Monday Fallacies: Slippery & Naturalistic | read pages 156-161; Group Presentation #8
Wednesday Cognitive Biases: Our Mental Limits | read pages 97-107
Friday Cognitive Biases: Perceptual Errors | read pages 109-119

November 9—13
Monday Cognitive Biases: Mental Biases | (no assignment)
Wednesday Cognitive Biases: Social Biases | read pages 120-125
Friday Cognitive Biases wrap-up | Group Project #2 (in class)

November 16—20
Monday QUIZ #2; Intellectual Honesty | Quiz #2
Wednesday Intellectual Honesty: Charity | read pages 1-12
Friday Intellectual Honesty: Ignorance | read pages 13-29

November 23—25
Monday Intellectual Honesty wrap-up | informal group work
Wednesday Marketing & Advertising | read pages 311-321; Homework #3 due
Friday Thanksgiving Break (no class) (woo?)


November 30—December 4
Monday Marketing & Advertising: Evaluation | read pages 321-333
Wednesday Marketing & Advertising wrap-up | Group Project #3 (in class)
Friday Mass Media: News | read pages 342-350

December 7—11
Monday Mass Media: Science & Internet | read pages 351-358
Wednesday Mass Media: Critical Consumers | read pages 359-362
Friday Mass Media wrap-up | informal group work

December 14—18
Monday Catch-up day | Paper due
Wednesday review for Final Exam | (no reading)
Friday FINAL EXAM: noon—12:50 Friday, December 18th, 2009