Think Again II
How to Reason Deductively
Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking,
Deductive arguments are supposed to be valid in the sense that the premises guarantee that the conclusion is true. In this course, you will learn how to use truth-tables and Venn diagrams to represent the information contained in the premises and conclusion of an argument so that you can determine whether or not the argument is deductively valid. Suggested Readings: Students who want more detailed explanations or additional exercises or who want to explore these topics in more depth should consult Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic, Ninth Edition, Concise, Chapters 6 and 7 by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Robert Fogelin. Course Format: Each week will be divided into multiple video segments that can be viewed separately or in groups. There will be short ungraded quizzes after each segment (to check comprehension) and a longer graded quiz at the end of the course.
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Rating | 4.1★ based on 26 ratings |
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Length | 5 weeks |
Starts | Jun 26 (40 weeks ago) |
Cost | $29 |
From | Duke University via Coursera |
Instructors | Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Dr. Ram Neta |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Art & Design Humanities Mathematics |
Tags | Arts And Humanities Personal Development Math And Logic Philosophy |
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To explain the reason for the mistakes is a good way to teaching and learning.Although these notes, the course give enough awareness about our logical and linguistic skill and I'm going to take another one: "Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively".
(4) The time spent on the course is short in comparison to Think Again I.
Compared to Think Again I, this II is more abstract and difficult.
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final quiz
"speech act" ) or understand the nuances in some exercises regarding "speech act" and" suppressed premises" (particularly in the final quiz, the more difficult questions to me were about the "suppressed premises").So I would have liked that these harder issues have had found a clearer explanation during the lectures.
Also in the final quizzes, it would have been useful giving the reason for the wrong answer (besides explaining the right one).In fact, the quizzes are useful both for testing our understanding the matter and for learning from our mistakes too.
In My Opinion,Dr.Neta And The Very Confusing Disorganized Final Quiz Really Ruined This Class For Me.No Matter What Answers You Choose You Will Always Get 30%.I Cannot Finish This Course Until What Ever Is Wrong With The Final Quiz Is Fixed,At That Time I Will Give This Course Four Stars.Also I Hope The Next Class Has The Other Instructor As The First Class In This Course Did.
and there are still things that I am confused about, despite having passed the final quiz.
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venn diagrams
On Venn Diagrams when starts to become shaded and with crosses at the same time (using only 2 categories) I guess is not explained very well on the lectures.Comparison with MOdule I: I found this module less applicable on the daily-life, more theoretical (but easier).It's worthy every time anyway.
For example his use of Venn Diagrams was sloppy.
This is an imprecise way of showing the intersection, and he could have easily drew different Venn Diagrams that unambiguously showed the various quantifiers.
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for example
For example, the topic on immediate categorical inferences only discusses conversion.
For example, week 3 contains less than an hour's effort.
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Rating | 4.1★ based on 26 ratings |
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Length | 5 weeks |
Starts | Jun 26 (40 weeks ago) |
Cost | $29 |
From | Duke University via Coursera |
Instructors | Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Dr. Ram Neta |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Art & Design Humanities Mathematics |
Tags | Arts And Humanities Personal Development Math And Logic Philosophy |
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