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HUM 1020, Critical Thinking 1

Course Learning Outcomes for Unit VII Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Identify inductive arguments. 2. Compare and contrast the different types of inductive arguments. 3. Evaluate inductive arguments. 4. Explain what makes an inductive argument both valid and effective. 5. Identify fallacies and other factors that undermine arguments. 6. Construct valid and effective inductive arguments. 7. Apply the structure and purpose of the Scientific Method. 8. Implement “The Critical Thinker’s Guide to Reasoning.”

Reading Assignment Chapter 7: Reasoning Critically

Film Assignment Films (Choose 1):

 An Inconvenient Truth

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/

 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inconvenient_truth/

 Supersize Me

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/

 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_size_me/

 Bowling for Columbine

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310793/

 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bowling_for_columbine/

 Who Killed the Electric Car?

 http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/

 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/who_killed_the_electric_car/

 A Norml Life

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1729609/

Note about films: These have all been chosen based on how they help illustrate and enhance the main focus of each unit.

UNIT VII STUDY GUIDE

Critical Reasoning

HUM 1020, Critical Thinking 2

UNIT x STUDY GUIDE

Title

Unit Lesson

In Unit VI, you learned about the structure and validity of arguments in general and deductive arguments more specifically. In this unit, your work with arguments continues with inductive arguments and the Scientific Method. You will also be asked to analyze fallacies, another of the aspects that make arguments invalid.

Film Themes:

 Inductive reasoning

 Empirical generalization

 Types of Fallacies

 Casual Reasoning

 Scientific Method

 Evaluation of reasoning