PHI 1110 - Language, Logic and Persuasion

Credits: 3 (3 + 0)

Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading and writing preassessment placement tests

Description: This course is an introduction to critical analysis, thinking and expression, covering three main areas: (1) language: the significance of words, and their arrangements, in psychological appeals to the senses and the emotions; (2) logic: the structures of formal reasoning in arguments and in appeals to reason; and (3) persuasion: the rhetorical aspects of discourse and presentation, especially in appeals to ideals or character. Practical skills and applications will be emphasized.