2024

Critical Thinking and Argumentation

Name: Critical Thinking and Argumentation
Code: FIL02321L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Philosophy

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

This course on critical thinking intends to contribute to a better performance of students whenever they have:
* to critically react to what they read in books, journals, newspapers or on the internet;
* to judge the quality of a speech or of a lecture;
* to actively participate in classes and seminars;
* to build an argument of their own;
* to write an essay in defense of a certain conclusion.

Contents

Introduction
1. Argumentation, Critical thinking and Philosophy
1.1.Plato’s The Socrate apology
1.2.Kant’s supposed right to lie
1.3.Perelman’s distinction between formal logc and informal logic.

2. Basic concepts of classical logic.
2.1.Formal Logic: basic concepts, rules and fallacies.
2.2. Informal Logic: basic concepts, rules and fallacies.

Teaching Methods

A) Reading and analyzing texts.
B) Analysis of argumentative techniques.
C) Discussion of examples.
D) Written tests (2 tests50%+50%/continuous evaluation; 1 final test100%/final evaluation) and essays.

Teaching Staff

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