Course Schedule

*This schedule is tentative and will probably change a lot*

September 1
Wednesday: Introduction to class | (no reading)

September 6—8
Monday: LABOR DAY (no class)
Wednesday: Critical Thinking & Understanding Arguments|
read pages 166-176

September 13—15
Monday: Understanding & Evaluating Arguments | read pages 177-187
Wednesday: Evaluating Arguments & Constructing Your Own | read pages 188-194

September 20—22
Monday: Deductive Args: Valid & Sound | read pages 238-247; Homework #1 due
Wednesday: Deductive Args: Evaluating Validity | read pages 249-261

September 27—29
Monday: Inductive Arguments | read pages 202-219
Wednesday: QUIZ #1; Inductive Args: Analogies & Cause/Effect | read pages 221-229

October 4—6
Monday: Inductive Args wrap-up | FUN MONDAY #1: Proof
Wednesday: Scientific Reasoning (Abductive Args) | read pages 371-387

October 11—13
Monday: Scientific Arguments: Evaluation (murder mystery) |
read pages 387-399
Wednesday: Fallacies: Equivocation, Amphiboly, Accent,
Division | read pages 133-138

October 18—20
Monday: Fallacies: Ad Hominem, Force, Pity, Popular Appeal | pgs. 139-144;
Presentations #1 & #2
Wednesday: Fallacies: Ignorance, Hasty, Straw Man, Red Herring | pgs. 144-150;
Presentations #3 & #4; Homework #2 due

October 25—27
Monday: Review for Midterm Exam | (no assignment)
Wednesday: MIDTERM

November 1—3
Monday: Fallacies: Circular, Loaded, Authority, Dilemma | pgs. 151-156;
Presentations #5 & #6
Wednesday: Fallacies: Slippery & Naturalistic | pgs. 156-161; Presentation #7

November 8—10
Monday: Cognitive Biases: Our Mental Limits & Perceptual Errors | read pages 97-107
Wednesday: Cognitive Biases: Statistical Reasoning | read pages 109-119

November 15—17
Monday: Cognitive Biases: I’M-SPECIAL-ism |
FUN MONDAY #2: Biases
Wednesday: Cognitive Biases: Social Biases | read pgs. 120-125

November 22—24
Monday: QUIZ #2; Intellectual Honesty intro | read pages 1-12
Wednesday: Intellectual Honesty: Charity | read pages 13-20

November 25—28: THANKSGIVING BREAK! (no class) (woo?)


November 29—December 1
Monday: Intellectual Honesty: Ignorance | pgs. 20-29; FUN MONDAY #3: Life Plan
Wednesday: PAPER due; Advertising | read pages 311-321

December 6—8
Monday: Marketing & Advertising: Evaluation | read pages 321-333
Friday: Mass Media: News, Critical Consumers | read pages 342-350, 359-362; Homework #3 due

December 13
Monday: Mass Media wrap-up; review for Final Exam

Final Exam: Monday, December 20th, 1:30-2:30 p.m.