Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
The University of Auckland
This course covered topics in logical and critical thinking to develop skills in: identifying and avoiding common thinking mistakes; recognising, reconstructing and evaluating arguments; using basic logical tools to analyse arguments; applying those tools in science, morality and law.
8 weeks, 4 hours per week
Tim Dare
Associate Professor of Philosophy
The University of Auckland
Patrick Girard
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
The University of Auckland
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore key concepts in logical and critical thinking
- Apply key concepts in logical and critical thinking
- Identify obstacles to logical and critical thinking
- Identify the components of a good argument
- Produce an argument in standard form
- Classify deductive and non-deductive arguments
- Evaluate arguments based on criteria such as validity, strength and cogency
- Interpret scientific, moral and legal arguments
- Develop an argument "in the wild"
- Assess arguments charitably
Syllabus
You’ll learn how to:
- identify and avoid common thinking mistakes that lead to the formation of bad beliefs;
- recognise, reconstruct and evaluate arguments;
- use basic logical tools to analyse arguments;
- and apply those tools in areas including science, moral theories and law.
Issued on 7th June 2019
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