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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Odd years: 1. Theoretical basis 1.1 The notion of argumentation - semantic level (entailment) - syntactic level (syntactic proof) - psychological level - epistemic level 1.2 Related notions: - justification - epistemic commitment (epistemic duty) - rationality 1.3 Practical drill of argumentative techniques: - justifying a thesis - distinguishing premises and conclusions in an argument - identification of tacit premises - objecting - Socratic dialogue - namítání - sókratovský rozhovor Even years: The following elements will be combined as suitable: 1. Exposition of common types of fallacies and detection practice: - ad hominem in various senses and variants - circular reasoning, begging the question - propositional fallacies - equivocation fallacies - red herring - relevance fallacies - other types of informal fallacies 2. Practical analysis of real-life arguments proposed by students.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Odd years: Understand what argumentation is and and build practical proficiency in basic argumentative techniques. Even years: Proficiency in recognizing common types of fallacies. Practicing of analysis and critique of real-life argumentations.
Odd years: - understanding the distinction between syntactic, semantic, psychological and epistemic aspects of argumentation. - understanding the purpose of argumentation - practical proficiency in the following argumentative techniques: - justifying a thesis - distinguishing the premises and the conclusions of an argument - identification of tacit premises - objecting - Socratic dialogue Even years: - capability of identifying common types of fallacies - proficiency in practical analysis of real-life argumentations
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance assessment, Systematic student observation
Active participation (80%), accomplishing the assigned (home)work, tests etc.
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Recommended literature
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