In-class Examples List
CS 100 - Critical Thinking with Computers
Fall 2012
Last modified: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Important Notes:
- This is merely a selection of files and examples, most of which were
mentioned or used in the class (lectures and labs). It is not a
comprehensive
list, nor are all lectures and labs included. Formatting is generally
minimal.
- Week 15, Lecture 1, December 4, 2012 -
little more from Chapters 9 and 10 -
little more discussion of converting categorical statements
to standard categorical form, and examples using a 3-variable
truth-table to show whether 3-variable propositional-logic
arguments are valid
- Week 14, Lecture 2, November 29, 2012 - Chapter 10 -
back to truth tables! Propositional-logic-style truth tables,
and using them to demonstrate the validity of certain
deductive arguments expressed in propositional logic form
- Week 14, Lecture 1, November 27, 2012 - Chapter 9, continued -
using Venn diagrams to demonstrate the validity of categorical
syllogisms
- Week 12, Lecture 2, November 8, 2012 - Chapter 9 -
started discussing categorical statements and Venn
diagrams
- Week 12, Lecture 1, November 6, 2012 - Chapter 8 - evaluating
arguments and truth claims
- Week 11, Lecture 2, November 2, 2012 - Chapter 7, continued -
discussion of summarizing arguments by putting them in
standard logical form, continued
- Week 11, Lecture 1, October 30, 2012 - Chapter 7, continued -
discussion of paraphrasing and identifying missing premises
and conclusions, beginning of discussion of summarizing arguments
by putting them in standard logical form
- Week 10, Lecture 2, October 25, 2012 - Chapter 7, continued -
discussion of diagramming arguments, continued
- Week 10, Lecture 1, October 23, 2012 - Chapter 6, continued -
discussion of more fallacies of insufficient evidence;
and started Chapter 7 - discussion of diagramming arguments
- Week 9, Lecture 2, October 18, 2012 - Chapter 6, continued -
discussion of more fallacies of insufficient evidence
- Week 8, Lecture 1, October 9, 2012 - Chapter 6 - started
discussing fallacies of insufficient evidence
- Week 7, Lecture 1, October 2, 2012 - Chapter 5, continued -
discussion of more fallacies of relevance
- Week 6, Lecture 2, September 27, 2012 - Chapter 5 -
what is a logical fallacy,
discussion of relevance in general, and started discussing
four of the numerous fallacies of relevance
- Week 6, Lecture 1, September 25, 2012 - Chapter 3, continued -
mostly discussion of deductive validity/invalidity,
soundness/unsoundness, and inductive strength/weakness,
cogency//uncogency
- Week 5, Lecture 2, September 20, 2012 - Chapter 3,
continued - mostly discussion of common patterns of
deductive and inductive reasoning
- Week 5, Lecture 1, September 18, 2012 - Chapter 3,
intro to deductive and inductive arguments; discussion
of how to determine which an argument is
- Week 4, Lecture 2, September 13, 2012 - Chapter 2,
concluded - more discussion of logical arguments,
their premises and conclusions, and some common
types of non-arguments often confused with aruments
- Week 4, Lecture 1, September 11, 2012 - Chapter 2,
continued - more discussion of logical statements,
beginning of discussion about logical arguments,
and their premises and conclusions
- Week 3, Lecture 2, September 6, 2012 - Chapter 2,
continued - adding in Prolog rules, and discussing
Chapter 2's concept of a logical statement
- Week 2, Lecture 2, August 30, 2012 - "Chapter 2", continued
(mostly computing-related asides that will lead back to Chapter
2)
- Week 2, Lecture 1, August 28, 2012 - starting Chapter 2 -
Recognizing Arguments (with some computing-related asides)
- Week 1, Lecture 2, August 23, 2012 - Chapter 1 -
Intro to Critical Thinking
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