Fall 2019

Instructor

Sean Martin
smartin@santarosa.edu
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Course Syllabus Download Course Syllabus

Study Resources: Links to an external site. Practice Quizzes, Chapter Outlines, etc.

Chapter One Links

Standards and Barriers to Critical Thinking Download Standards and Barriers to Critical Thinking Power Point Slides

Superiority and Inferiority Bias Download Superiority and Inferiority Bias

: NYT OpEd piece

You Can Disagree Better: Links to an external site. NYT Opinion piece

Fake News Links to an external site.: NPR's All Tech Considered column on how to test the verity of news

Fake News Links to an external site.: A student guide developed by Melissa Zimdars Links to an external site.. an Assistant Professor of Communication and Media at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass.

What is Fake News? SRJC Library Guide

Moral Facts? Download Moral Facts?

Does the distinction between "facts" and "opinions" make sense?

Dr. Justin McBrayer Links to an external site.discusses problems with the "Opinion vs. Fact" dichotomy

Never Tweet: Download Never Tweet:

Fahad Manjoo discusses the distorting effects of Twitter on journalism

Implicit Bias Links to an external site.: A Discussion with Mahzarin Banaji — The Mind Is a Difference-Seeking Machine

Confidence vs. Competence: Download Confidence vs. Competence:

Why do so many incompetent men become leaders?

Awareness Test: Links to an external site. Bias and Observation

Chapter Two Links

What is an Argument? Links to an external site.

What is an Argument? Download What is an Argument?

Power Point Slides

Practice with Analysis: Download Practice with Analysis:

Letters to the Editor

Chapter Three Links

Argument Evaluation Download Argument Evaluation

Power Point Slides

Albert Einstein Logic Puzzle Download Albert Einstein Logic Puzzle

Martin Luther King, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" Download Martin Luther King, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

Identify at least one Deductive Pattern

Chapter Five Links

Fallacies and the Concept of Relevance Download Fallacies and the Concept of Relevance

Fallacies of Relevance Download Fallacies of Relevance

Power Point Slides

Ad Hominem Links to an external site.: Argument Clinic

Whataboutism: Links to an external site.John Oliver discusses fallacies of distraction (starts at 5:30)

Ad Hominem fallacy: Links to an external site.Mini Video Lecture

"Straw Figure" (or "Straw Man") fallacy: Links to an external site.Mini Video Lecture on Relevance an the Rules of Reasoning

Stephen Colbert Demonstrates the Straw Man Fallacy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Red Herring fallacy Links to an external site.: Mini Video Lecture

"Tu Quoque" (or "Look Whose Talking") fallacy: Links to an external site. Mini Video Lecture

Chapter Six Links

Fallacies of Insufficient Evidence Download Fallacies of Insufficient Evidence

Power Point Slides

Weak Analogy: Links to an external site. Example from the media

Slippery Slope fallacy: Links to an external site. Mini Video Lecture

Fool House Rock: Anti-Vaccination Fallacies Links to an external site.

Exercise Solutions

Chapter 2: Exercise 2.1 part I and 2.2 parts I and II Download Chapter 2: Exercise 2.1 part I and 2.2 parts I and II

Chapter 2: Exercise 2.4 parts I and II Download Chapter 2: Exercise 2.4 parts I and II

Chapter 3: Exercises 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 Download Chapter 3: Exercises 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3

Chapter 3: Exercises 3.4 and 3.5 Download Chapter 3: Exercises 3.4 and 3.5

Chapter 5: Exercises 5.1 and 5.2, part I Download Chapter 5: Exercises 5.1 and 5.2, part I

Chapter 6: Exercise 6.1, parts I and II Download Chapter 6: Exercise 6.1, parts I and II

PHIL3: Critical Thinking: Section 1482: Martin S

Fall 2019

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