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College of Business Administration
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
PHIL 3301: Logic of Critical Thinking
Course Description
The Logic of Critical Thinking class examines deductive reasoning. This course is designed to approach logic in an extremely broad format from fallacious reasoning to classic categorical logic. Philosophy 3301 surveys logic and common logical fallacy heard daily in students' lives, and thereby, is intended to integrate critical thinking into the individual’s personal experience. For that reason, class participation is imperative.
Instructor
Allen Ketcham, Ph.D.
Director, Manning Center for Professional Ethics & Distinguished Professor
Class Room
CBA 207
Office Location
CBA 121
Message Phone: 593-2148.
I check my messages often.
Office Hours
Monday ……..… 2:15 pm to 2:30 pm, 3:45 pm to 6:20 pm
Wednesday …. 2:15 pm to 2:30 pm, 3:45 pm to 6:20 pm
Thursday …….. 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, 8:50 pm to 10:10 pm
Required Textbook
Critical Thinking, Seventh Edition, by Moore & Parker, published by Mayfield
Course Objectives
It is intended that we will survey and master the following areas:
A. The Argument: Premise, Conclusion, & Fog
B. Nonargumentative Notions
C. Pseudoreasoning (often called logical fallacies)
D. Deductive --- Categorical Claims
1. Square of Opposition
2. Venn Analysis
Internet
Email address: a-ketcham@tamuk.edu
The philosophy Internet site is: http://www.tamuk.edu/mcpe
Be sure to become familiar with this site.
Look especially at the message board for this class.
Comments
“MCPE” stands for the Manning Center for Professional Ethics. The MCPE is a university center that is the home of philosophy on our campus. The courses offered by MCPE include:
(1) History of ancient and medieval philosophy
(2) History of modern and contemporary philosophy
(3) Introduction to philosophy
(4) Foundations of professional ethics
(5) Logic of critical thinking
(6) Philosophy of religion
(7) Nonwestern philosophy
Note that some students (for example: arts & sciences students) can earn a minor in philosophy with 18 hours. Please inform me if you are getting a minor in Philosophy.
Classroom Effort
We will do most of the questions in each chapter that we cover. We will go around the class and students will have a chance to answer one or more questions. The score of 0 or 1 is given for each question. Usually, one student is assigned the responsibility of keeping track of the points. At the end of the semester the class scores are fit to a normal curve to assign the grade for each student.
Methods of Evaluation and Grading
1. Tests
First exam - covers first section of the semester .............................. 20%
Second exam - covers second section of the semester ...................... 20%
Third exam - covers third section of the semester ............................. 20%
2. Class questions and answers ..................................................... 40%
Attendance
You are not graded on attendance, and it is not necessary to inform me if you have to miss a class.
Drop policy --- You may drop the course any time including the last drop date with a "Q", regardless of your tests scores except in cases of cheating. You must process the drop yourself.
General Course Policies
Incompletes are an extreme rarity, and no grade is dropped. Normally, all missed tests are made up at the same time at the end of the semester. Since students have the entire semester to study for these make-up tests, they are much more difficult that the regular tests.
Learning Objectives
1. Distinguish between facts and opinions.
2. Be able to identify a claim.
3. Name and identify the aspects of an argument.
4. Distinguish between pseudoreasoning and logical reasoning.
5. Be able to identify the aspects of the square of opposition.
6. Distinguish between induction and deduction.
Disability Statement
(See pages 2 & 11 of Student Handbook):
Students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, which wish to request accommodations in class should register with the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) early in the semester so that appropriate arrangements may be made. In accordance with federal laws, a student requesting special ac-commodations must provide documentation of their disability to the SSD coordinator.
Academic Misconduct
(See page 23, section 100 of Student Handbook):
You are expected to practice academic honesty in every aspect of this course and all other courses. Make sure you are familiar with your Student Handbook, especially the section on academic misconduct. Students who engage in academic misconduct are subject to university disciplinary procedures.
Forms of academic dishonesty:
Cheating: deception in which a student misrepresents that he/she has mastered information on an aca-demic exercise that he/she has not mastered; giving or receiving aid unauthorized by the instructor on assignments or examinations.
Academic misconduct: tampering with grades or taking part in obtaining or distributing any part of a scheduled test.
Fabrication: use of invented information or falsified research.
Plagiarism: unacknowledged quotation and/or paraphrase of someone else’s words, ideas, or data as one’s own in work submitted for credit. Failure to identify information or essays from the Internet and submitting them as one’s own work also constitutes plagiarism.
Nonacademic Misconduct
(See page 23, section 100 of the Student Handbook:
The university respects the rights of instructors to teach and students to learn. Maintenance of these rights requires campus conditions that do not impede their exercise. Campus behavior that interferes with either (1) the instructor’s ability to conduct the class, (2) the inability of other students to profit from the instructional program, or (3) campus behavior that interferes with the rights of others will not be tolerated. An individual engaging in such disruptive behavior may be subject to disciplinary action. Such incidents will be adjudicated by the Dean of Students under nonacademic procedures.
Sexual Misconduct
(See page 23, section 200 of Student Handbook):
Sexual harassment of students and employers at Texas A&M University-Kingsville is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Any member of the university community violating this policy will be subject to disciplinary action.
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