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Syllabus, Critical Thinking, Section 3, 4, 5 Fall 2025
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Weekly Schedules with all readings, lectures, dates, assignments:
Mondays 3:00-4:15pm schedule, section 3, MND 1003
Tuesdays 10:30-11:45 schedule, section 4, MRP 1000
Thursdays 10:30-11:45am schedule, section 5, MRP 1000
Chapter 1: What is Rationality?
Chapter 3: Inductive Reasoning
Chapter 5: Reconstructing Arguments
Chapter 6: Objecting to Arguments, Critical Evaluations, and Disproving Claims
Chapter 7: Scientific Reasoning
Chapter 8: Statistical Arguments
Chapter 9: Correlation Arguments
Chapter 10: Causal Arguments
Chapter 11: Biases, Fallacies, and Mistakes in Reasoning
Chapter 12: Conclusion