PHL 204 - Critical Thinking and Logic

Lecture Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4

Develops critical thinking skills to identify reasons for believing truth claims and to assess the cogency of these reasons. Facilitates sympathetic understanding of beliefs one does not share and enables one to subject to critical scrutiny one’s own beliefs and one’s own reasons for believing. Uses logic as the technique for the rational assessment of argument. Identifies both informal and formal reasons for the success or the failure of arguments

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher) with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.