Philosophy 114 -- Introduction to Logic
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Winter 2005 Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Koperski Office: Brown 351 |
Homepage: http://www.svsu.edu/~koperski Office Hours:www.svsu.edu/~koperski/schedule.html E-mail: koperski@svsu.edu |
Description: This course examines the argument forms
used in both written and oral communication.
These include deduction, analogical arguments, inductive
generalizations, statistical inferences, and causal inferences. Moreover, we consider many forms of
fallacious reasoning and rhetorical techniques often used in lieu of rational
argumentation. The goal is for students
to incorporate cogent forms of reasoning in their work and not to be taken in
by fallacious (albeit good-sounding) arguments.
Text: Moore and Parker, Critical Thinking, 7th ed. (Mayfield,
2004).
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Grades: |
40% Regular Quizzes |
20% Final Exam (comprehensive) |
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10% Pop Quizzes |
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20% Paper – Version 2 |
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Regular
quizzes will usually be announced one week in advance. Pop quizzes are
unannounced and may be given at any time. There are no make-ups for either
regular or pop quizzes; however, the lowest regular quiz grade will be dropped.
As a Category 10 General Education Course,
you are required to submit at least 20 pages of informal and 20 pages of
formal, written work. See http://www.svsu.edu/~koperski/PaperGrades.htm
for grading
criteria and format. Late
papers will be penalized one letter grade per calendar day. The
term paper must be uploaded to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. Your paper will be checked by computer
against a database of past papers and Internet websites. If the software detects similar wording and
phrases in another paper that is not properly cited, you will receive a zero on
that assignment. Do your own work!* Papers
not submitting to this service will receive a zero.
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Scale: |
92-100 A |
78-79 C+ |
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90-91 A- |
70-77 C |
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88-89 B+ |
61-69 D |
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82-87 B |
60
F |
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80-81 B- |
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Course Schedule
* All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the terms of use agreement posted on the Turnitin.com site.