Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking syllabus: Spring David Barnett,

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1 Instructor: Office Hours: Textbook: Class Participation Policy: Grading: David Barnett, 1:30-2:30, MWF Lamont 203 The Power of Logic, 5th ed., by Frances Howard-Snyder, Daniel Howard-Snyder, and Ryan Wasserman Homework will be collected every Friday unless otherwise noted, but you should come to class each day with that day s homework already complete. Homework answers are in the back of the book, so I will be grading for completion only. If you re attendance is good and you turn in all the homework on time, your class participation grade will be a B+. You can earn a participation grade in the A range with especially thoughtful contributions in class. Poor attendance or unexcused late homework assignments will be handled on a case-by-case bases, but the effect on your participation grade will be severe. 15% class participation and homework 10% in-class debate 10% first fallacy presentation 10% second fallacy presentation 15% first exam 20% second exam 20% third exam Week 1 March 30 - April 3 class intro (W) Section 1.1 Fallacy: correlation vs. causation Section 1.2 Problem Set Part A: 1-7,19,13,16,19; Part B: 1-10, 13,16,19,22,25,28; Part C: 1-5, 7,10,13; Part D: 1-5,7,10, Part A: 1-10,13,16,19,22,25,28; Part B: 1-10, 13; Part C: 1-7, 10,13; Part D: 1,4,7,10,13; Part E (You don t need to defend your answer in writing, so long as you know what you d say.)

2 Week 2 April 6-10 Section 1.3 Fallacies: circumstantial ad hominem (Kabir, Jon P., Sunshine (Dan)), ad hominem tu quoque (Nate, Garrett, Brittany) (W) Section 1.4 Fallacy: straw man fallacy (Courtney, Camille, Christine) first debate: abortion team pro-choice: Alex Kramer Shauna Le Febvre Julia Isaac Jessica Malinconico team pro-life: Courtney Casey Camille Corbin Christine Valente Jon Poli Problem Set Part A: 1-5,8,12,16,19; Part B: 1-5,7,10,13,16, Part A: 1-15; Part B: 1-7,10,13; Part C: 1-7,10,13,16,19; D: 1-5,7,10 Week 3 April 13 - April 17 (W) first exam Section 2.1 Fallacies: ad populum (Zach, Rebecca, Cameron) appeal to ignorance (Rob, Sam, Jessica) Problem Set Part A: 1-7,10,13,16,19,22,25 Week 4 April 20 - April 24 Section 2.2 Fallacy: equivocation (Jonny D., Lolu, Harlie) (W) Section 2.3 Fallacy: begging the question (Kim, Raashika, Max, Quincy)

3 second debate: euthanasia team euthanasia: Rob Heffernan Brian Bidstrup Raashika Goyal Lolu Adeniran Quincy Epstein team anti-euthanasia: Brittany Kenny Max Hurwitz Rebecca Carney Cameron Slatton Rosie (Adam) Rosenthal Problem Set Part A: 1-4,7,10,13,16; Part B: 1-5,7,10,13; Part D: 1-4,7, Part A: 1-4,9,11,15; Part B: 1-4,10,12,14 Week 5 April 27 - May 1 Section 3.1 Fallacies: false dilemma (Alex, Shauna, Leo (Yunye)), appeal to unreliable authority (Kienan, Abdullah, Charlie) (W) Section 3.2 Fallacies: false cause fallacy (Nick, Anna, Brian), complex question fallacy (Julia, Tim, Rosie (Adam)) Section 3.3 Fallacies: anecdotal reasoning (Rebecca, Cameron) confirmation bias (Lolu, Nick) Problem Set ,7, Part A: 1-10,13; Part B: 1-10,13,16,19; Part C: 1-7,10, Part A: 1-4,7,10; Part B: 1-4,7,10,13; Part C: 1-4,7 Week 6 May 4 - May 8 (W) second exam classes cancelled for Steinmetz Symposium no problem set due Week 7 May special class To Be Announced

4 (W) Section 5.1 Fallacies: availability heuristic (Abdullah, Rosie (Adam)), representativeness heuristic (Kienan, Leo (Yunye)) Section 5.2 Fallacies: anchoring effect (Nate, Jessica), sunk costs fallacy (Raashika, Kim), Simpson s Paradox (Max, Quincy) Problem Set Part A: 1-7,10,13,16,19; Part B: 1-7,10,13,16,19,22,25, Part A: 1-10,13; Part C: 1,4; Part D: 1-5,7,10,13 Week 8 May 18 - May 22 Section 5.3 Fallacies: risk aversion (Tim, Brittany), loss aversion (Rob, Anna) (W) Section 7.1 Fallacies: gambler s fallacy (Jon P., Christine), base rate neglect (Harlie, Jonny D.) third debate: animal rights team veggie: Kabir Chabra Nick Hersey Harlie Silver Sam Drews team omnivore: Charlie Rego Kienan Smith Anna Kufs Zach Blecher Problem Set Part D: 1-4,7 Part E: 1-4,7; Part F: 1-4,7; Part G: 1-4,7; Part H: 1-4,7 7.1 Part A: 1-5; Part B: 1-5; Part C: 1-7,10,13,16,19; Part D: 1-7,10; Part E: 1,4,7 Week 9 May 25 - May 29 Section 7.2 Fallacies: selection bias (Brian, Courtney), type 1 vs. type 2 errors (Garrett, Sam) (W) Section 7.3 Fallacies: implicit racial bias (Dan, Charlie), implicit gender bias (Shauna, Julia)

5 fourth debate: the demandingness of morality team demandingness: Sunshine (Dan) Tinklepaugh Kim Wellington Leo (Yunye) Jiang Abdullah Kamal team permissiveness: Jonny Driscoll Garrett Maron Tim Yannopolous Nate Geremia Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking Problem Set Part A: 1-4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25; Part B: 1-7; Part C: 1-4,7,10, Part A: 1-4,7,10,13,16,19; Part C: 1,4,7 Week 10 June 1 - June 5 Section 7.4 Fallacies: boy or girl paradox (Kabir, Camille), Monty Hall problem (Alex, Zach) (W) Section 7.5 Problem Set Part A: 1-4,7,10,13,16,19; Part D: 1-5; Part E: 1,4,7 7.5 Part A: 1-4,7,10; Part B: 1-6; Part C: 1-4,7