Logic and Reasoning
130, sect. 6
Spring 2004

Professor: Dr. Jennifer Susse

Office: 519 South Kedzie
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00–3:00

E-mail: susse@msu.edu

General Info	Syllabus	Overheads
Assignments	F.A.Q.	Grades

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Final Review Available Here

Study Guide for the Final Exam is Available Here

The exam will begin at 8:15 in our regular classroom.
Plan to arrive a few minutes earlier to get settled in.

General Information

Text: Trudy Govier, A Practical Study of Argumentation, 5^th edition (Wadsworth, 2001)

Course Description and Objectives

The goal of this course is to teach students to think clearly and critically. The skills and methods you will learn here are applicable to any course of study you choose to take up, and, indeed, to any endeavor. By semester's end you should be able to do the following:

• Identify arguments and parts of arguments
• Evaluate arguments for cogency
• Appreciate the expressive power of language
• Effectively communicate one's reasoning to others
• Distinguish between inductive and deductive reasoning
• Identify some common fallacies of reasoning
• Understand conditional (if/then) statements
• Master necessary and sufficient conditions

Contact Information

My office is located at 519 S. Kedzie. My official office hours are from 1:00- 3:00 on Tuesday, although I am available by appointment at other times. I invite you send questions or comments to me via email. I will do my best to respond promptly (within a day or two).

Syllabus and Policies

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ARG Faults

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Assignments

Passage for Extraction – Due 1/30

Assignment Due Monday, March 1^st

Additional Argument Due Friday, March 19^th

In-class Examples (from 3/22)

Frequently Asked Questions

 Necessary and Sufficient Conditions

March Questions

Grades

Requirements and Evaluation

First Exam

Results from First Exam

Copyright Notice

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