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Week 1 - How to Spot an Argument
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 1-1 - Why Arguments Matter (7:54)
- Completed Lecture 1-2 - What is an Argument? (7:41)
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Lecture 1-3 - What Arguments Are Used For - Justification (5:32)
Exercise 1-3 for Lecture 1-3 - What Arguments Are Used For - Justification (5:32)Subtitles (text) for Lecture 1-3 - What Arguments Are Used For - Justification (5:32)Subtitles (srt) for Lecture 1-3 - What Arguments Are Used For - Justification (5:32)Video (MP4) for Lecture 1-3 - What Arguments Are Used For - Justification (5:32)
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Lecture 1-4 - What Else Are Arguments Used for - Explanation (13:24)
Exercise 1-4 for Lecture 1-4 - What Else Are Arguments Used for - Explanation (13:24)Subtitles (text) for Lecture 1-4 - What Else Are Arguments Used for - Explanation (13:24)Subtitles (srt) for Lecture 1-4 - What Else Are Arguments Used for - Explanation (13:24)Video (MP4) for Lecture 1-4 - What Else Are Arguments Used for - Explanation (13:24)
- Completed
Lecture 1-5 - What Are Arguments Made Of - Language (14:10)
Exercise 1-5 for Lecture 1-5 - What Are Arguments Made Of - Language (14:10)Subtitles (text) for Lecture 1-5 - What Are Arguments Made Of - Language (14:10)Subtitles (srt) for Lecture 1-5 - What Are Arguments Made Of - Language (14:10)Video (MP4) for Lecture 1-5 - What Are Arguments Made Of - Language (14:10)
- Completed Lecture 1-6 - Meaning (8:08)
- Completed Lecture 1-7 (optional) - Linguistic Acts (6:58)
- Completed Lecture 1-8 (optional) - Speech Acts (9:08)
- Completed Lecture 1-9 (optional) - Conversational Acts (17:47)
Week 2 - How to Untangle an Argument
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 2-1 - Argument Markers (11:48)
- Completed Lecture 2-2 - Standard Form (3:29)
- Completed Lecture 2-3 - A Problem for Arguments (12:54)
- Completed Lecture 2-4 - Assuring (13:35)
- Completed Lecture 2-5 - Guarding (8:01)
- Completed Lecture 2-6 - Discounting (10:19)
- Completed Lecture 2-7 - Evaluation (17:06)
- Completed Lecture 2-8 - Close Analysis (20:44)
- Completed Lecture 2-9 - More Close Analysis (13:12)
- Completed Lecture 2-10 - Even More Close Analysis (17:11)
Week 3 - How to Reconstruct an Argument
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 3-1 - Validity (26:54)
- Completed Lecture 3-2 - Soundness (4:29)
- Completed Lecture 3-3 - Get Down to Basics (21:34)
- Completed Lecture 3-4 - Sharpen Edges (17:19)
- Completed Lecture 3-5 - Organize Parts (14:48)
- Completed Lecture 3-6 - Fill in Gaps and Conclude (24:51)
- Completed Lecture 3-7 - An Example of Reconstruction (28:52)
Week 4 - Propositional Logic and Truth Tables
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 4-1 - Intro to Deductive Arguments (7:11)
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Lecture 4-2 - Propositions & Propositional Connectives (24:18)
Exercise 4-2 for Lecture 4-2 - Propositions & Propositional Connectives (24:18)Subtitles (text) for Lecture 4-2 - Propositions & Propositional Connectives (24:18)Subtitles (srt) for Lecture 4-2 - Propositions & Propositional Connectives (24:18)Video (MP4) for Lecture 4-2 - Propositions & Propositional Connectives (24:18)
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Lecture 4-3 - Truth Functional Connectives Conjunction (16:11)
Exercise 4-3 for Lecture 4-3 - Truth Functional Connectives Conjunction (16:11)Subtitles (text) for Lecture 4-3 - Truth Functional Connectives Conjunction (16:11)Subtitles (srt) for Lecture 4-3 - Truth Functional Connectives Conjunction (16:11)Video (MP4) for Lecture 4-3 - Truth Functional Connectives Conjunction (16:11)
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Lecture 4-4 - Truth Functional Connectives Disjunction (18:58)
Exercise 4-4 for Lecture 4-4 - Truth Functional Connectives Disjunction (18:58)Subtitles (text) for Lecture 4-4 - Truth Functional Connectives Disjunction (18:58)Subtitles (srt) for Lecture 4-4 - Truth Functional Connectives Disjunction (18:58)Video (MP4) for Lecture 4-4 - Truth Functional Connectives Disjunction (18:58)
- Completed Lecture 4-5 - Propositional Logic Negation (14:43)
- Completed Lecture 4-6 - Propositional Logic Conditionals (23:36)
Week 5 - Categorical Logic and Syllogisms
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 5-1 - Intro to Categorical Logic (21:18)
- Completed Lecture 5-2 - Syllogisms (18:12)
Week 6 - Inductive Arguments
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 6-1 - What is Induction? (14:46)
- Completed Lecture 6-2 - Generalizations from Samples (9:11)
- Completed Lecture 6-3 - When are Generalizations Strong? (20:48)
- Completed Lecture 6-4 - Applying Generalizations (17:52)
- Completed Lecture 6-5 - Inference to the Best Explanation (8:14)
- Completed Lecture 6-6 - Which Explanation is Best? (14:45)
- Completed Lecture 6-7 - Arguments from Analogy (17:57)
Week 7 - Causal Reasoning
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 7-1 - Causal Reasoning (16:58)
- Completed Lecture 7-2 - Sufficient Condition Tests (19:25)
- Completed Lecture 7-3 - Necessary Condition Tests (11:24
- Completed Lecture 7-4 - Complex Conditions (11:14)
- Completed Lecture 7-5 - Correlation vs. Causation (25:42)
Week 8 - Chance and Choice
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 8-1 - Why Probability Matters (11:02)
- Completed Lecture 8-2 - What is Probability? (12:46)
- Completed Lecture 8-3 - Rules of Probability for Negations (3:04)
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Lecture 8-4 - Rules of Probability for Conjunctions (13:26)
Exercise 8-4 for Lecture 8-4 - Rules of Probability for Conjunctions (13:26)Subtitles (text) for Lecture 8-4 - Rules of Probability for Conjunctions (13:26)Subtitles (srt) for Lecture 8-4 - Rules of Probability for Conjunctions (13:26)Video (MP4) for Lecture 8-4 - Rules of Probability for Conjunctions (13:26)
- Completed
Lecture 8-5 - Rules of Probability for Disjunctions (9:39)
Exercise 8-5 for Lecture 8-5 - Rules of Probability for Disjunctions (9:39)Subtitles (text) for Lecture 8-5 - Rules of Probability for Disjunctions (9:39)Subtitles (srt) for Lecture 8-5 - Rules of Probability for Disjunctions (9:39)Video (MP4) for Lecture 8-5 - Rules of Probability for Disjunctions (9:39)
- Completed Lecture 8-6 - Rules of Probability for Series (6:08)
- Completed Lecture 8-7 - Bayes' Theorem (28:09)
- Completed Lecture 8-8 - Expected Financial Value (13:47)
- Completed Lecture 8-9 - Expected Overall Value (10:52)
Week 9 - Fallacies of Unclarity
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 9-1 - Paradoxes of Vagueness (18:24)
- Completed Lecture 9-2 - Fallacies of Vagueness (22:19)
- Completed Lecture 9-3 - Fallacies of Ambiguity (21:34)
Week 10 - Fallacies of Relevance and of Vacuity
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 10-1 - Fallacies of Relevance: Ad Hominem (14:56)
- Completed Lecture 10-2 - Fallacies of Relevance: Appeals to Authority (15:11)
- Completed Lecture 10-3 - Fallacies of Relevance: Examples of Appeals to Authority (6:50)
- Completed Lecture 10-4 - Fallacies of Relevance (22:01)
- Completed Lecture 10-5 - Fallacies of Vacuity: Begging the Question (12:51)
- Completed Lecture 10-6 - Circularity and Self-Sealers (12:32)
Week 11 - Refutation
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 11-1 - Counter Exampling (6:45)
- Completed Lecture 11-2 - Refutation: Reductio ad Absurdum (13:31)
- Completed Lecture 11-3 - Refutation: Straw Man (4:38)
- Completed Lecture 11-4 - Refutation: False Dichotomy (4:38)
- Completed Lecture 11-5 - Parallel Reasoning (16:36)
- Completed Lecture 11-6 - Straw Man (17:09)
Week 12 - Applications (revised versions)
(collapsed, click to expand)- Completed Lecture 12-01 - Constructing Your Own Arguments (5:37)
- Completed Lecture 12-02 - Strong Arguments Don't Always Persuade Everyone (8:40)
- Completed Lecture 12-03 - Arguments for Vegetarianism (14:11)
- Completed Lecture 12-04 - Who Broke the Dish? (8:58)
- Completed Lecture 12-05 - The Sausage Argument (13:06)
- Completed Lecture 12-06 - Ram's Lecture Series Requires a Mental Health Warning (9:33)
- Completed Lecture 12-07 - .999 … is Equal to 1 (5:09)
- Completed Lecture 12-08 - Babies are Evil (4:42)
- Completed Lecture 12-09 - I Am Nobody (4:36)
- Completed Lecture 12-10 - Monogamy is an Obsolete Concept (5:15)
- Completed Lecture 12-11 - Gay Sex, Human Nature and Benefits (5:20)
- Completed Lecture 12-12 - The Perception of Color (5:25)