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Tutorial
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Subject
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problems
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Aspects
of Language: language conventions, speech acts, and conversational
implicature. |
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3
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problems
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answers
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Theory of Arguments: their status as attempts at persuasion
and argument diagrams.
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4
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problems
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answers
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Logical Arguments: validity, soundness, Venn diagrams and
truth tables.
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5
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problems
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answers
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The Structure of Argument: argument diagrams.
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6
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problems
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answers
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Informal fallacies.
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7
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problems
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answers
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Semantics and Rhetoric
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8
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Quiz #1: On material from lectures 3 to 6.
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9
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problems
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answers
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Inductive arguments: arguments from analogy and
inference to best explanation
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10
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problems
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answers
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Statistical arguments: inductive generalisation and
particularisation; problems with numbers
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11
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problems
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answers
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Explanations: causal generalisations, the hypothetico-deductive
method, Mill's methods.
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12
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problems
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answers
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Evaluating Explanations: fallacies of causal reasoning, criticism of theories.
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