Checking date: 24/07/2020


Course: 2020/2021

Logic and Argumentation
(13815)
Dual Bachelor in Journalism and Humanities Studies (2013 Study Plan) (Plan: 305 - Estudio: 282)


Coordinating teacher: RIVERO OBRA, MERCEDES

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

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course:
Semester:




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

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.