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Assessing Arguments

Assessing Arguments

This course is part of Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning Specialization

Instructor: Pearson

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Analyze arguments to identify common logical fallacies, including faulty generalizations and flawed declarative statements.
Evaluate the weight of evidence in an argument by distinguishing between coincidence, correlation, and causation.

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Take your analytical skills to the next level by learning to deconstruct arguments, identify subtle fallacies, and expose faulty reasoning. You will explore how to properly weigh evidence, moving beyond surface-level patterns to differentiate between coincidence, correlation, and true causation. Applying these techniques will empower you to challenge weak claims and build compelling, evidence-based positions in any academic or professional field.

In this course you will assess arguments by learning how to recognize false conclusions and premises. Furthermore, you will learn how to identify various fallacies within arguments. You will also learn how to evaluate evidence, specifically by analyzing the weight of the evidence, coincidences, patterns, correlations, and causes.

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1 video2 assignments4 app items4 plugins

1 videoTotal 3 minutes

Fallacies3 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Graded Quiz30 minutes
Practice Quiz30 minutes

4 app itemsTotal 60 minutes

Reading: Reasoning pp. 158-16720 minutes
Reading: Fallacies pp. 167-17110 minutes
Reading: Inference pp. 174-18420 minutes
Reading: Fallacies Presented as Arguments pp. 185-18910 minutes

4 pluginsTotal 20 minutes

Interactive: Grammatically Equivalent Structures5 minutes
Interactive: Fallacy Type5 minutes
Interactive: Evaluating the Logical Strength of Probabilistic Generalizations5 minutes
Interactive: Coincidence, Pattern, Correlation, and Cause5 minutes

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