Online
Study Guide for Philosophy 17
(Logic and Critical Reasoning)
Sandra LaFave
West Valley College
This is the online study guide for Philosophy 17.
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Notes
The
following are required reading for sections of Philosophy 17.
Who
wrote this online study guide? Unless otherwise indicated, Sandra
LaFave (Philosophy department chair), wrote everything listed here.
She also compiled the Glossary
for Philosophy 17. So, it would be really dumb to plagiarize any of
these notes, right?
Please note that
these readings are IN ADDITION TO the assigned readings listed in
the
Syllabus.
All
the following pages are included in Angel and appear automatically as
you use Angel.
Readings
for First Mid-Term (Part 1 - Part 4)
Readings
for Second Mid-Term
- Objectives
for Part 5
- What Are
the Odds? Elementary Probability
- The
Fallacies of Composition and
Division
- Online
resources for informal fallacies
- On
fallacies of
relevance (irrelevant
emotional appeals, ad hominem, appeal to questionable authority, appeal
to
ignorance, etc.)
- On fallacies
of
presumption
(accident, false cause, begging the question, complex question, etc.)
- On fallacies
of
ambiguity (equivocation,
amphiboly, composition, division, accent)
- Excellent general site on fallacies ("The Fallacy Files")
- Comprehensive
list
of fallacies --
Host site is decidedly atheist and uses religious arguments as examples
of fallacies.
- Practical
logic for Christians --
Host
site for Christian home-schooling parents
- From
Longview Community College
- From
Drury University
- Self
Test on Fallacies
- Sample
Midterm 2
Readings
for Third Mid-Term
Readings
Covered in Final Exam Only
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