Exam Topics
The exams will be held in Week 10. This week is Week 5.
1. Analysing Short Arguments and Syllogisms*: identifying reasons and conclusion; determining whether their conclusions are valid or not.
2. Assumptions
3. Evaluating Evidence
4. Logical Fallacies
5. Text Analysis
* A syllogism is an argument; the conclusion of which is supported by two premises (reasons), of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”
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