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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Theoretical basis 1. The notion of an argument 2. Successful and unsuccessful arguments. formal correctness, epistemic vs. psychological efficacy. 3. The notion of epistemic duty; rationality 4. The notion of objecting. Burden of proof. Argumentation practice in the natural language 1. Analysis of a judgement in natural language 2. Sylogism in natural language: construction and identification. 3. Searching for the middle term 4. Finding the hidden premise 5. Objecting; making distinctions 6. Responding to an objection 7. A practical synthesis: argumentation and objecting practice. 8. Socratic dialogue
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Understanding the essence and objectives of argumentation; achieving proficiency in elementary reasoning techniques.
- The student understands the basic notions of the theory of argumentation (subject, predicate, judgement, premise, conclusion, middle term, entailment, validity, epistemic efficacy, epistemic duty and justification; argument, syllogism, objection, distinction). - The student knows how to recognize an argument, a syllogism, its subject, predicate and middle term; he can evaluate its validity. - The student knows how to find a hidden premise. - The student knows how to construct an argument and respond to objections. - The student knows how to object correctly. - The student knows how to object by drawing a distinction. - The student knows how to use the technique of Socratic dialogue.
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Prerequisites
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None.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
The credit will be awarded for an active participation throughout the seminar (min. 80%) and a final practical exam consisting in presentation of a prepared reasoning for a chosen controversial thesis, including responding to objections raised by opponents.
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Recommended literature
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Novák L., Dvořák P. Úvod do logiky aristotelské tradice. České Budějovice, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7040-959-6.
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Sousedík, P. Logika pro studenty humanitních oborů.
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Tugendhat, Ernst. Logicko-sémantická propedeutika. Praha: Rezek, 1997. ISBN 80-86027-02-3.
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