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College of San Mateo
Dr. Jeremy C. Ball
Logic Terminology Exercise
1. What is an argument?
2. What is a good argument; under what two conditions
do we say an argument is good?
3. What does it mean to say an argument is valid?
4. What does it mean to say an argument is strong?
5. If an argument is valid or strong, does that mean it
is good? Explain.
6. How can you show that an argument is not valid?
7. If an argument is valid and its premises are true,
is its conclusion true, too? Explain.
8. If an argument is bad, what does that show about its
conclusion?
9. If an argument is strong and it premises are true,
is its conclusion true too? Explain.
10. Make up an example of am argument that is valid and
good.
11. Make up an example of am argument that is valid and
bad.
12. Make up an example of am argument that is strong and
good.
13. Make up an example of am argument that is strong and
bad.
14. Make up an example of an argument that is weak.
15. Can we show that an argument is not valid by showing
that its conclusion is false? Example or explanation.
16. To decide whether an argument is good, does it depend
upon whether it convinced anyone? Explain.
Week #1
Introduction to class
Plato,
The Euthrophro
Week #2,
Rene
Descartes, Meditations (Meditations One and Two
only)
Week #3
John Locke, "The Causal Theory of Perception"
from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Online
Version (Complete Work) Note that the Book has a selection
from this larger source
Week #4,5
George Berkeley, "Of the Principles of Human
Knowledge"
Week #6
David Hume, selections from "An Inquiry Concerning
Human Understanding
Exam #1
Week #7
Introduction
to Free will and Determinism;
Paul
Holbach, "The Illusion of Free Will" (pg 97.
of PDF)
A.J Ayer, "Freedom and Necessity"
CA Campbell "Has the self a Free Will?"
Week #8, #9
Cont.
Week #10
Dan
Dennett, "Where am I"
Week #11
Paul Churchland, selections from Matter and Consciousness
Week #12
Exam
#2
Week #13
John Searle, "Minds, Brains, and Programs
Online
Version
Week #14
St. Anselm's Ontological Argument
Online
Version
Week #15
Tomas Aquinas, "The Five Ways"
Online
Version
Week #16
David Hume, "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion,
Part X"
Online
Version
Paper #2 Due
Final
Exam (Exam#3)
NOTE:
Late papers will be accepted but each day
late will be lowered a full grade.
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