Week 2: Fallacies and Fallaciousness

From JSTOR, read:

1. Adler, "Fallacies not Fallacious, Not!"

http://libproxy.mcla.edu:2095/stable/40237963

(further, optional reading): Levi, "In Defense of Informal Logic."

http://libproxy.mcla.edu:2095/stable/40237520

2. Hurley text: (I understand that this is review for most of you): Read Chapter 3, "Informal Fallacies." To test your understanding, identify the fallacies, where they occur, in exercise 3.5.

Week 1: Reason/Argument

Reading: 1. "What is Reasoning? What is an Argument? Douglas N. Walton.

 http://libproxy.mcla.edu:2095/stable/2026735

2. "What is an Argument?" Terence Parsons.

http://libproxy.mcla.edu:2095/stable/2940886

We may begin discussing these essays, beginning with Walton's, as early as Friday, though our continuing preliminary review of the basics may preempt those discussions.