Legacy Course Catalog
PHIL 120 - Critical Thinking
| Effectivity: | 08/20/2001 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue Fort Wayne Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal spr sum |
| Short Title: | Critical Thinking |
| Description: | This course is designed to introduce students to the structure of successful reasoning. Topics covered will include: language, definitions, vagueness and ambiguity; recognizing arguments; distinguishing between arguments and explanations; patterns for diagramming arguments; informal fallacies; non-deductive reasoning (the structure of explanations); and disciplinary reasoning (the structure of arguments as encountered in such disciplines as ethics or business). Students who have earned credit in PHIL 150 are encouraged not to register for PHIL 120. |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | NO |
| Temporary Flag: | NO |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
