Course Type: Core Values (Compulsory Calwest Delivered Courses)
Course Code: VAL503
Course Name: Critical Thinking (via Tubeclasses only)*
Course Outline
The objectives of the course are to equip all students of the university to the tool and techniques used for critical thinking. Specifically, this course presents the basic terms and concepts employed in logic and critical thinking. One is introduced to ‘argument’, which is the primary function of logic and critical thinking. The course demonstrates how to structure an argument in logic and is actually aims towards a goal. Student are shown how carefully chosen statements work together to prove virtually anything. This course demonstrates to students not only how an argument is supposed to work; but also paves the way for the notion that not all arguments are good arguments. Students are made to appreciate that most of our knowledge is derived with inductive arguments, but that probability should not be confused with certainty. Students are also shown how to test deductive arguments validity and soundness.
