Philosophy 10.5 - Reasoning and Rationality

Institution:

CUNY Brooklyn College

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Description:

3 hours; 3 credits Theoretical investigation of reasoning and rationality. Advanced treatment of some topics in logic and critical thinking, including missing premises, the principle of charity, pragmatics, fallacies, contrasts between inductive and deductive logic, and scientific reasoning. Study of logics-modal, epistemic, paraconsistent-besides classical. Puzzles in social choice reasoning-Prisoner's Dilemma. Study of a relevant historicalwork or author such as Aristotle's writings on logic and rhetoric. Debates in cognitive science on rationality, rules in reasoning, or change of belief.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brooklyn.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 951-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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