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Course: 2019/2020

Logic and Argumentation

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Study: Bachelor in Humanities (213)

Coordinating teacher: BRONCANO RODRIGUEZ, FERNANDO

Department assigned to the subject: Department of Humanities: Philosophy, Language, Literature Theory

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 3º

Semester: 2º

Competences and skills that will be acquired and learning results. Further information on this link

Ability to anlayze the argumentative structures of discourse To master the basic logical structures To examine the daily intuitions about concepts as knwledge, reason or rationality

Description of contents: programme

Part I (Knowledge and Representation) 1. Information and knowledge 2. Knolwedge and skepticism 3. Introduction to epistemology: virtue epistemology 4. Testimony and social epistemology PartII (Reasoning and Argumentation) 1. Reasoning as explotation of information and argumentation as reasoning aiming to convince. 2. Linguistic representation of the information: concepts and propositions 3. Truth conditions and sense 4. Logical relations between representations 5. Conditionalizating thougths 6. Sufficient and necessary conditions 7. Reasoning: soundness and validity 8. Non formal reasonings 9. Logical and empirical reasoning 10. Experiments: real and imaginary 11. Argumentating as abilty to convince 12. Correct argumentation 13. Common falacies 14. Phases of critical thinking

Assessment System

- Attendance and participation: The regular attendance as well as the relevant participation in the context of classroom will be positively evaluated. In partircular, it is expected the active participation in the practical sessions where text or visual materials will be discussed. This participation will amount to a 20% of the final grades.

- Short papers: the student must to write three short paper (about 1000 words) answering to a proposed question related to a previous text. Capacities of understanding, and clear and sinthetic exposition will be evaluated. The value of this will amount to a 30% of the final grades.

- Final paper: The student must write a final paper about one of the topics of the matter. The student must  propose previously to the teacher the main lines of the paper.  The deadline will coincide with the date of the final exam. A positive evaluation in the two former points is a necessary condition to submit the final paper. This part will amount to a 50% of the final grade

% end-of-term-examination 50
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

The course syllabus and the academic weekly planning may change due academic events or other reasons.