PHIL 172 — F Critical Thinking and Writing 3 Units
54 hours lecture per term. This course will cover all the standard topics of a traditional critical thinking course: Form vs. Content; Inductive vs. Deductive logic; validity, truth and soundness or good definitions; and the standard formal and informal fallacies as reflected in evaluative writing. Progress toward the refining of various writing skills will be evaluated in the writing and re-writing of the extended argument as well as other areas of the course.This course is specifically designed to meet the IGETC critical thinking/writing requirement. This course fulfills the reading requirement for graduation. (Degree Credit) (CSU) (UC) AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC (C-ID: ENGL 105)