PHIL2420
Critical Thinking
10 Units
Available in 2012
| Callaghan Campus | Semester 2 |
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Previously offered in 2013
One set of skills required in any occupation are those of critical thinking and of evaluating the logical status of arguments. How can we tell the difference between valid and invalid arguments? How do we go about constructing arguments which we can know to be valid? These are the questions that form the focus of the course. The course is specifically designed to impart to students skills tested in the Graduate Skills Assessment Test.
Objectives(1) To impart to students skills in critical thinking and problem solving. (2) To impart to students skills in critically evaluating and appraising the arguments of others. (3) To impart to students the ability to construct valid arguments of their own. | ||
ContentThis course gives students skills in critical thinking about and evaluating ideas in a range of fields. Questions to be considered include: what makes an argument valid? How can we tell valid from invalid arguments? How can we construct valid arguments? | ||
Replacing Course(s)PHIL3420 Critical Thinking | ||
TransitionStudents who have previously completed PHIL3420 Critical Thinking are not permitted to enrol in PHIL2420 | ||
Industrial Experience0 | ||
Assumed KnowledgeNIL | ||
Modes of DeliveryInternal Mode | ||
Teaching MethodsLecture | ||
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Contact HoursLecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term | ||
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