MON: Fallacies of Presumption, Part II

 
For Class Today:

• Read: 
• Chapter 5 from AoA
• "Subjective Validation" from YRNSS (posted on Moodle)
• "Representativeness Heuristic" from YRNSS (posted on Moodle)
• "Availability Heuristic" from YRNSS (posted on Moodle)
• Watch:  Fallacies of Presumption, Part II

In Class Today:

• Talk about fallacies of Induction

WEEKEND: FALLACIES OF PRESUMPTION, PART 1

Read: Chapter 4 from AoA

 

Watch:  Fallacies of Presumption

 

Do: 

• Diagramming Arguments
• Recognizing Fallacies of Presumption

WED: RECAP THE FIRST EXAM

For Class Today: 

• Read: No new readings 

In Class Today:

• Review Exams

TUE: MORE DIAGRAMMING & GROUP MEETING AND IN/FORMATION


For Class Today: 

• Read: No new readings 
• Do: Diagramming Worksheet 

In Class Today:

• Review worksheet
• Meet in groups

MON: DIAGRAMMING ARGUMENTS

In Class Today:

• Learn the procedure for diagramming arguments
• Practice diagramming arguments

FRI: Diagramming Arguments

Look At: Diagramming Arguments
Do: Take a Break!

WED: FIRST EXAM!!!

First Exam!!!

TUE: Review (Argument Basics & Fallacies of Irrelevance)


For Class Today:

• Read: Chapter 1-3 of AoA, "Selling Out" from YNSS
• Review: Notes on Argument Basics and Fallacies of Irrelevance on basic ideas about Personal Identity
• Watch:
  • Any of the lectures up to this point

In Class Today:

• A brief discussion of the point of "Selling Out"
• Clarifications in Preparation for the Exam

MON: Fallacies of Irrelevance, Part 2

 
For Class Today:

• Read: Chapter 2 from AoA
• Watch:
• Appeals to Emotion and Authority
• Selling Out

In Class Today:

• The Ease of Appeal to Emotions (mostly)
• The challenge of Appeals to Authority and Appeals to Tradition or History

FRI: Fallacies of Irrelvance, Part 2

Read: • Chapter 2 from AoA
Watch:

• Appeals to Emotion and Authority

Do:

• Identify these Fallacies of Irrelevance
• Explain the complication regarding Appeals to Authority
• Bonus: Selling Out

WED: Body Theories of Personal Identity Appplied

For Class Today READ: Questlove “Trayvon Martin and I Ain’t Shit”

In Class Today:

• Prepare: How does how you are perceived effect your identity? Do experience’s like Questlove support body or memory type theories of P.I? Can you resolve the tension between memory theories and the Questlove case? 
• Do: Debate the question amongst ourselves in class.

TUE: Body Theories of Personal Identity

For Class Today READ: "Who Is the Doctor? For that Matter, Who Are You?" from Doctor Who and Philosophy
In Class Today Prepare to discuss:

• The Body Theory of Personal Identity
• Four Dimensionalism (that's the part about worms in the space-time continuum)
• Is the Body Theory a more practical and satisfying solution to the Justine Winter case or should we stick with psychological continuity theories like Locke's?

MON: Fallacies of Irrelevance, Part 1

For Class Today

• Read: Chapters 1 & 3 of AoA
• Watch:

• • Fallacies of Irrelevance, Genetic and Two Wrongs Fallacies
• • Ad Hominem

In Class Today:

• Prepare: Questions about Fallacies of Irrelevance, Ad Hominem, Two Wrongs, and Genetic Fallacies
• Practice:

• • Recognizing and Distinguishing Fallacies of Irrelevance
• • Explaining the difference between the genetic fallacy and other fallacies arguing against the source.

FRI: Fallacies of Irrelevance, Part 1

Read: Chapters 1 and 3 from AoA
Watch: Fallacies of Irrelevance, Genetic and Two Wrongs Fallacies & Ad Hominem
Do:

• Explain the import of claiming that what happens in these fallacies is that something irrelevant is presented.
• Explain whether you think things like sources of claims or the character of the arguer are always irrelevant

WED: Justine Winter and Problems for the Memory Theory (cont.)

For Class Today: Watch: “Dateline: Crossing the Line” (The Video is in six parts with ads; sorry about that. Be sure to watch all six parts.)
In Class Today:

• Watch: A short section of Memento
• Prepare: Did Justine Winter kill Erin Thompson and Caden O’Dell? Does this case pose problems from memory theories of personal identity? Can you resolve the tension between memory theories and the Winter case?
• Do: Debate the question amongst ourselves in class.
• Consider Final Project: Analyzing what or how much memory loss is commensurate with preserving identity using Memento or another film as an example.

TUE: Body Theories of Personal Identity

For Class Today: Watch: “Dateline: Crossing the Line”
In Class Today:

• Prepare:

• • Did Justine Winter kill Erin Thompson and Caden O’Dell?
• • Does this case pose problems from memory theories of personal identity?
• • Can you resolve the tension between memory theories and the Winter case?

• Do: Debate the question amongst ourselves in class.
• Consider: Final Project of Analyzing what or how much memory loss is commensurate with preserving identity.

TUE: Justine Winter and Problems for the Memory Theory

For Class Today: Watch: “Dateline: Crossing the Line” (The Video is in six parts with ads; sorry about that. Be sure to watch all six parts.)
In Class Today:

• Prepare: Did Justine Winter kill Erin Thompson and Caden O’Dell? Does this case pose problems from memory theories of personal identity? Can you resolve the tension between memory theories and the Winter case?
• Do: Debate the question amongst ourselves in class.
• Consider Final Project: Analyzing what or how much memory loss is commensurate with preserving identity.

MON: Evaluating Arguments

Before Class Today

• If you haven't already read: “What is Logic” from AoA
• Watch: Evaluating Arguments

In Class Today:

• Prepare: Questions about Arguments Deduction, Induction, Validity, Strong, and Weak arguments
• Practice:  Recognizing Arguments, Understanding Validity, Understanding strength and weakness

FRI: Evaluating Arguments

• NO new readings
• Watch: Evaluating Arguments
• Do:  Identifying Arguments Assignment, Understanding Validity Etc. Assignment
  

WED: Memory Theories of Personal Identity (cont.)

For Class Today: The Misinformation Effect from YRNSS

In Class Today Be Prepared to discuss:

• What is the Misinformation Effect?
• Does it substantially undermine the memory/psychological theories of personal identity. 

TUE: Memory Theories of Personal Identity

For Class

• Read: Chapter 27 of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding (especially section 9 through 29)

In Class:

• Prepare questions about Locke's Psychological Account
• Clarifications of Locke's Arguments

MON: Arguments and their Parts

For Class Today:

• Read: “What is Logic’
• Watch: “The Syllabus”, “Poll Everywhere” and “Argument Basics” 
• Do: Register for Poll Everywhere and Argument Basics Quiz

In Class Today:

• Questions
• Vocabulary
• Finding Claims and Arguments in Damage Control

FRI: Inroduction & Argument Basics

• Read: The introductory chapter - "What is Logic" - from The Art of Argument.
• Watch: Video Lectures on "The Syllabus", "Poll Everywhere", and "Argument Basics"
• Do: Register for Poll Everywhere, Validity Quiz
• (Also: Learn the vocabulary discussed in "Argument Basics". Prepare questions and concerns for class on Monday.)

WED: Exploring Personal Identity

For Class Today

• Read:Tumulty, “How Philosophers Think about Persons, Personal Identity, and the Self” from Personal Identity and Fractured Selves: Perspectives from Philosophy, Ethics, and Neurosciene
• Prepare these three questions: What are numeric (quantitative) and qualitative identity? What three kinds of concerns make numerical identity important? What two main theories of P.I. does are discussed?

TUE: Welcome to Critical Thinking

• Read (in class): Rich, “Would you let a friend send any text to any contact in your phone?” from Wired 22,8.  
• Do: Play a Fake Game of Damage Control 
• Consider:  Damage Control could be used for your APHQ grade (Play a real game of Damage Control with someone in the class for up to 50%) or your Final Project (Critically Analyze an extended group game of Damage Control and its impact on identity)