Instructor: Jim Garson, 505 AH, x3208, Office Hours: MTWTh 2:30-3:30  E-mail: JGarson@uh.edu
Teaching Assistant: Steven Todd, 508 AH, x3198, Office Hours: 9:00-10:00  E-mail:  st4dd@jetson.uh.edu
Book: Practical Reasoning in Natural Language  4th edition
Course Website: http://www.hfac.uh.edu/phil/garson/CriticalThink.htm
You will need to download material from this web site and consult it for announcements, new assignments etc..

July 10        1. Introduction: What is Critical Reasoning?
                        Introduction, Ch 1-1 pp. 1-20
July 11        2. Identifying Reasons and Conclusions
                        Ch. 1-2, pp. 29-48 Exercises 1-1 and 1-2 due July 11
July 12        3. Identifying Longer Arguments
                        Ch. 1-3, pp. 49-78 Exercises 1-3 due July 12
July 13        4. Identifying Complex Argument Structure
                        Ch. 1-4, pp. 79-114 Exercises 1-4 (omit A4, B4, C4, E5) due July 13
July 17        Review
July 18        QUIZ 1 (1 Hour, in class)

July 19        5. Validity, Soundness and Degrees of Support
                        Ch. 2-1 pp. 115-164 Revised Validity Exercises due July 19
July 20        6. Semantic Clarification and Conditionals
                        Ch. 2-2, 2-3 pp. 165-211 Exercises 2-2 (omit 2-2B) and 2-3 due July 20
July 24        7. Valid Argument Forms and Missing Premises
                         Ch. 2-4, 2-5 pp. 213-280
                   Exercises 2-4 (A1-A8, B1-B5, C1-C8, D1-D3) and 2-5 due July 24
July 25        Review
July 26        QUIZ 2 (1 Hour, in class) PLEASE BRING SCANTRONS!

July 27        8. Clarifying Obscure Reasoning
                        Ch. 3, pp. 281-306 Exercises 3-1 due July 27
July 31        9. Informal Fallacies
                        Ch. 4, parts 1-12, 16, 18, 24, 27, 28
                  Exercises 4-1 all; 4-2 A7,A9,B2,B3,B8,C6; 4-3  A2,A9,B6,B8  due July 31
Aug. 1        10. Analyzing Complex Text
                        Ch. 6, 7, pp. 443-500  Exercises 6-1A #A2, 7-1B #B2, 7-2 #2, due August 1
Aug. 2        Review
Aug. 3        QUIZ 3 (1 Hour, in class)

Aug. 7,8     11. Problem Solving
                 Exercises due August 8
Aug. 9,10    12. Making Decisions
                        Ch 5-1 pp. 385-410 Exercises 5-1A and 5-2 A1-A5 due August 10
Aug. 14        Review
Aug. 15        FINAL 11:00 in this classroom  (It should take about 1 hour and 20 minutes.)

Class attendance and completion of exercises is essential. You will be dropped if you fail to turn in two exercises in a row on time. On time means that you turned in your work at the beginning of the class on which it was due.  You are responsible for all changes in homework assignments announced in class. Late work will not be accepted except under the most extreme circumstances.

How your grade is calculated:
Homework: 20% QUIZ 1: 20% QUIZ 2: 20% QUIZ 3: 20% FINAL: 20%