Course Schedule

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

January 20—22
Wednesday: Introduction to class | (no assignment)
Friday: Critical Thinking Intro | read pages 166-176

January 25—29
Monday: Understanding Arguments | read pages 177-182
Wednesday: Understanding Args wrap-up | informal group work
Friday: Evaluating Arguments | read pages 184-187

February 5—9
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

February 8—12
Monday: Deductive Args: Evaluating Validity | read pages 249-261
Wednesday: Inductive Arguments | read pages 202-214
Friday: QUIZ #1; Inductive Args wrap-up | read pages 216-219; Quiz #1

February 15—19
Monday: Inductive Args: Analogies & Causal | read pages 221-229
Wednesday: Evaluating Inductive Arguments | Group Project #1 (in class)
Friday: Scientific Reasoning (Abductive Args) | read pages 371-387

February 22—26
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

March 1—5
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

March 8—12
Monday: Fallacies: Ignorance & Hasty | read pages 144-147; Group Presentation #4
Wednesday: Review for Midterm Exam | (no assignment)
Friday: MIDTERM

March 15—19 SPRING BREAK! (no class) (woo?)


March 22—26
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

March 29—April 2
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 | (no assignment)

April 5—9
Monday: Cognitive Biases: Statistical Reasoning | read pages 109-119
Wednesday: Cognitive Biases: I’M-SPECIAL-ism | (no assignment)
Friday: Cognitive Biases Social Biases | read pgs. 120-125; Group Project #2 (in class)

April 12—16
Monday: QUIZ #2; Cognitive Bias wrap-up | Quiz #2
Wednesday: Intellectual Honesty intro | read pages 1-12
Friday: Intellectual Honesty: Charity | read pages 13-20

April 19—23
Monday: Intellectual Honesty: Ignorance | read pages 20-29
Wednesday: Intellectual Honesty wrap-up | informal group work
Friday: PAPER due; Advertising | read pages 311-321; Paper due

April 26—30
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

May 3—7
Monday: Mass Media: Science & Internet | read pages 351-358; Homework #3 due
Wednesday: Mass Media: Critical Consumers | read pages 359-362
Friday: Mass Media wrap-up | informal group work

May 10—12
Monday: review for Final Exam | (no reading)
Wednesday: FINAL EXAM: noon—12:50 Friday, May 12th, 2010