MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2013



Critical Reasoning Boot Camp

Sally Haslanger, Professor of Philosophy

Jan/14 Mon 01:00PM-03:00PM 32-D461
Jan/16 Wed 01:00PM-03:00PM 32-D461
Jan/18 Fri 01:00PM-03:00PM 32-D461

Enrollment: Sign-up desirable but not required
Sign-up by 01/13
Limited to 60 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none

The ability to recognize, analyze, and evaluate arguments is an important life skill that everyone should have. This course will help students acquire and hone this skill. We will look at elementary logic, common fallacies, and probabilistic reasoning. We will also analyze real-world arguments to find their weak points.

Sponsor(s): Linguistics and Philosophy
Contact: Sally Haslanger, 32-D926, 617 253-4458, SHASLANG@MIT.EDU