Phil 2420: Critical Thinking: Puzzles and Paradoxes

T, R 9:35–10:50, EN 2100
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Professor: Marc A. Moffett
Phone: 766-6272
e-mail: moffett (at) uwyo (dot) edu

Office:  Hoyt 328A
Office Hrs:  T 1:00-2:30, W 10:00-11:30, &
                    by appointment.

Website: http://www.uwyo.edu/moffett/

 

 

 

Free and open discussion is the life-blood of philosophy. Consequently, no student shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, disability, place of national origin, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, political affiliation or any other similar factor. I expect all members of the class to be equally tolerant of differing perspectives and ideologies. Critique, evaluate and analyze the ideas put forward by me and others; do not demean or belittle them.

 

 

 

Materials:

Required

·          The texts for this course are:

o        R. M. Sainsbury, Paradoxes (2nd edition), Cambridge: CUP, 1995.

o        Graham Priest, Logic: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: OUP, 2000.

Optional

·          A good stiff cup of Joe!

 

 

Lecture Notes                                                                         Announcements

 

Syllabus (pdf)

 

Lecture 1: Argumentation, validity & soundness: (pdf)

 

Lecture 2, part 1: truth tables (ppt)

 

Lecture 2, part 2: argument forms (ppt)

 

Notes on the Cosmological Argument (pdf)