Course Lectures: Spring 2011 Critical Thinking

This lecture series introduces critical thinking through the analysis of claims, arguments, value judgments, information sources, rhetorical devices, and logical fallacies. It covers both deductive and inductive reasoning, including implicit premises and appeals to authority.

Syllabus

Critical Thinking: Issues, Claims, Arguments
Critical Thinking: Arguments and non-Arguments
Critical Thinking: Value Judgements
Critical Thinking: Complex Arguments, Unstated Premises
Critical Thinking: Deductive and Inductive Arguments with Implicit Premises
Critical Thinking: Deductive and Inductive Arguments 1
Critical Thinking: Deductive and Inductive Arguments 2
Critical Thinking: Deductive and Inductive Arguments 3
Critical Thinking: Fallacies of Composition and Divison
Critical Thinking: Information Sources
Critical Thinking: Experts and Appeal to Authority
Critical Thinking and Advertising
Critical Thinking: Rhetorical Devices 1
Critical Thinking: Rhetorical Devices 2
Critical Thinking: Rhetorical Devices 3
Critical Thinking: Fallacies 1
Critical Thinking: Fallacies 2
Critical Thinking: Fallacies 3
Critical Thinking: Fallacies 4
Critical Thinking: Fallacies 5
Critical Thinking: Fallacies 6
Critical Thinking: Inductive Arguments 1
Critical Thinking: Inductive Arguments 2
Critical Thinking: Inductive Arguments 3