The course is an introduction to modes of logically assessing arguments making as precise as possible the conditions under which they are acceptable. Students will learn to identify, analyze and evaluate arguments as expressed both in natural and formal languages. The central topic of the natural language approach will be the consideration of the nature of the so-called informal fallacies.
Emphasis is placed on the development of formal proof techniques.
Credit 3 units. A range of historical and contemporary views on these issues will be considered. The aim of the course is to prepare students to think and write about philosophical problems on their own. Credit 3 units. In this course we focus on some of the most important texts in the history of Western philosophy in order to discuss a wide range of central philosophical problems.