Topics will be selected from such areas as ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic. This course emphasizes philosophical analysis of religious issues and themes. Such themes as the nature and variety of religious expression will be explored, analyzed, and evaluated. An introduction to both formal and informal logic. Logic includes a study of linguistic analysis, immediate and mediate inference, symbolic notation, deductive proofs and fallacies.
Attention is given to both traditional and modern symbolic systems.
Critical thinking is applied to both symbolic and written arguments. Argumentative writing will be explored through both formal and informal logical analysis. Completion of ENGL 101. An introduction to the logical analysis and critical evaluation of arguments and the basic strategies of rhetoric. Different forms of writing and distinguished and examined.