PHIL 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Bias, List Of Fallacies, Logical Reasoning

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2100
• Professor: Yussif Yakubu

Document Summary

Distinguish between an argument and other forms of locution in everyday discourses. Distinguish between good and bad arguments using the tools for argument analysis. Assess the effectiveness of any mode of persuasion using the criteria for cogency analysis. Identify fallacies in political speech and media articles. Write a persuasive dialectical essay in favor of any view point they may hold an issue on. In our lives we come to conclusions daily. We adopt the position that feels reasonable to us. We often make mistakes in our judgments: draw false conclusions and form wrong opinions about people and issues. These are mistakes of reasoning, which is simply human limitation. Cognitive bias is a common source of such reasoning errors and it has been extensively studied by psychologists. We judge facts differently, depending on how they are stated or framed. The struggling company managed to save 300 out of 1000 people out of jobs : 2. )