*Assigned readings might change throughout the semester, as well as the order of the program.
1: History of argumentation and theory of argumentation.
1st week
02.01 Lecture. Course presentation and introduction: Argumentation in the history of philosophy. Sophistry vs Argumentation.
02.02 Seminar. Seminar organization, examples, and brief introductory debate. Reading: Apology, Plato.
2nd week
02.08 Lecture. Aristotle¿s Rhetoric: logic, ethics, and modern argumentation
02.10 Seminar. Discussion Aristotle¿s Rhetoric.
3rd week
02.15 Lecture. Argumentation I: What is an argument? How to identify and construct one.
02.17 Seminar. Q&A. Debate: research and organization.
4th Week
02.22 Lecture. Argumentation II: basis for argumentation. Reasoning and cognition.
02.24 Seminar. Q&A. 1st Debate
5th Week
03.1 Lecture: Argumentation II: Inductive and Deductive arguments.
03. 3 Seminar: Q&A. 2nd debate
6th Week
03.8: Lecture. Argumentation III: Bad argumentation. Biases and fallacies.
03.10. Seminar: Q&A. 3rd debate
2: The ethics of (god and bad) argumentation
7th Week
03.15. Lecture: why do we argue? Problems and limits of rational argumentation.
03. 17 Seminar. Presentation: fragment, Why we argue? by Scott of Aikin and Robert B Talisse.
8th week
03.22 Lecture. What is knowledge?
03.24 Seminar. Presentation ¿Knowledge and the state of nature¿, E. Craig. ¿
9th week
03.29 Lecture. Trust, belief, and truth.
03.31 Seminar. Presentation debate: The Ethics of Belief, K. Clifford and Will to Believe, William James
10th Week
04.12 Lecture. Justification of knowledge.
04.14. Seminar: Presentation, reading TBC.
3. The politics of argumentation
11th week
04.19 Lecture. Epistemology and modernity.
04.21 Seminar. Presentation: Sapere Aude, I. Kant. Fragments: Conocimiento Expropiado, Fernando Breoncano
12th week
04.26 Lecture. Social epistemology: dependency and public participation.
04.28 Seminar. Presentation reading. TBC.
13th Week
05.3 Epistemic Injustice: knowledge and power.
05.5 Seminar. Presentation: Epistemic Injustice (fragments), by Miranda Fricker.
14th week
05. 10 Final conclusions: why knowing how to argue matters.
05.12 Final debate: what responsibility do we have when constructing arguments?