In-class Projections

CS 100 - Critical Thinking (with Computers)
Fall 2018

Last modified: Saturday, December 8, 2018

Important Notes:

• This is merely a selection of projections and examples, most of which were mentioned or used in the class sessions. It is not a comprehensive list, nor are all class sessions included. Formatting is generally minimal.

• Week 15, Lecture 3, December 7, 2018 - review for Final Exam
  • Final Exam Review Suggestions (in tagged PDF)
  
  
• Week 15, Lecture 2, December 5, 2018 - clicker questions, Homework-Bonus in-class Fallacy Presentations
  
  
• Week 15, Lecture 1, December 3, 2018 - bit more discussion of logical fallacies
  • Week 15 Lecture 1 projected notes - INCLUDES description of HOMEWORK BONUS due IN CLASS WEDNESDAY
  
  
• Week 14, Lecture 3, November 30, 2018 - Chapter 6, continued - discussion of more fallacies of insufficient evidence
  • Week 14 Lecture 3 projected notes
  
  
• Week 14, Lecture 2, November 28, 2018 - Chapter 5, continued - discussion of more fallacies of relevance; and started Chapter 6 - started discussing fallacies of insufficient evidence
  • Week 14 Lecture 2 projected notes
  • a couple of examples related to the Equivocation Fallacy
    • raccoon meme with equivocation and ad homonym pun
    • equivocation involving an atom pun
  
  
• Week 14, Lecture 1, November 26, 2018 - Chapter 5 - what is a logical fallacy, discussion of relevance in general, and started discussing eight of the numerous fallacies of relevance
  • Week 14 Lecture 1 projected notes
  
  
• Week 13, Lecture 3, November 16, 2018 - Chapter 15 - Science vs. Pseudoscience
  • Week 13 Lecture 3 projected notes
  • extra "illustrations" projected during lecture
  
  
• Week 13, Lecture 2, November 14, 2018 - Chapter 7, continued - concluded in-class discussion of summarizing arguments by putting them in standard logical form
  • Week 13 Lecture 2 projected notes
  
  
• NO Week 13, Lecture 1 on November 11, 2018, due to HSU Veterans Day holiday
  
  
• Week 12, Lecture 3, November 9, 2018 - Chapter 7, continued - continued discussion of summarizing arguments by putting them in standard logical form
  • Week 12 Lecture 3 projected notes
  
  
• Week 12, Lecture 2, November 7, 2018 - Chapter 7, continued - discussion of paraphrasing and identifying missing premises and conclusions, beginning of discussion of summarizing arguments by putting them in standard logical form
  • Week 12 Lecture 2 projected notes
  
  
• Week 12, Lecture 1, November 5, 2018 - Chapter 7 - more examples of diagramming arguments
  • Week 12 Lecture 1 projected notes
    
    
  • pre-diagramming originals of the six arguments diagrammed below (in tagged PDF)
  • result from diagramming the 1st example argument regarding Mill City High marching band; has linked premises
  • result from diagramming the 2nd example argument regarding Blotto; has independent premises
  • result from diagramming the 3rd example argument regarding hinged doors; has a sub-conclusion and an irrelevant statement
  • result from diagramming the 4th example argument regarding senior Jim; has a sub-conclusion
  • result from diagramming the 5th example argument regarding murderer A; has both independent and linked premises
  • result from diagramming the 6th example argument regarding Senator Thatone; has a sub-conclusion and linked premises
  
  
• Week 11, Lecture 3, November 2, 2018 - Exam 2
  
  
• Week 11, Lecture 2, October 31, 2018 - review for Exam 2
  • Exam 2 Review Suggestions (in tagged PDF)
  
  
• Week 11, Lecture 1, October 29, 2018 - Chapter 7 - started discussing diagramming arguments
  • Week 11 Lecture 1 projected notes
    
    
  • pre-diagramming originals of the four arguments diagrammed below (in tagged PDF)
  • result from diagramming the 1st example argument regarding the death penalty; has independent premises
  • result from diagramming the 2nd example argument regarding the Applewood Association; has linked premises
  • result from diagramming the 3rd example argument regarding Teletubbies; has sub-conclusions
  • result from diagramming the 4th example argument regarding Amy's fitness; includes an if-then statement and an irrelevant statement
  
  
• Week 10, Lecture 3, October 26, 2018 - a little programming: intro to WeScheme, continued - a taste of recursion
  • Scheme in-class examples typed into WeScheme during class
  
  
• Week 10, Lecture 2, October 24, 2018 - a little programming: intro to WeScheme, continued - branching using the Scheme cond conditional expression
  • Week 10 Lecture 2 projected notes
  • Scheme in-class examples typed into WeScheme during class
  
  
• Week 10, Lecture 1, October 22, 2018 - a little programming: intro to WeScheme, continued - more examples of writing your own functions
  • Week 10 Lecture 1 projected notes
  • Scheme in-class examples typed into WeScheme during class
  
  
• Week 9, Lecture 3, October 19, 2018 - a little programming: intro to WeScheme, continued - more Scheme compound expressions; intro to Scheme's image type; functions that verify an expression's type; writing your own functions
  • Scheme expressions (and comments) typed into WeScheme during class
  
  
• Week 9, Lecture 2, October 17, 2018 - a little programming: intro to WeScheme, continued - more examples of Scheme compound expressions; intro to named constants
  • Scheme expressions (and comments) typed into WeScheme during class
  
  
• Week 9, Lecture 1, October 15, 2018 - a little programming: intro to WeScheme - intro to syntax; intro to Scheme comments, simple expressions, and some basic data types; started discussing compound expressions
  • Scheme expressions (and comments) typed into WeScheme during class
  • First WeScheme handout - in tagged PDF
  
  
• Week 8, Lecture 3, October 12, 2018 - NO LECTURE; instructor travelling to a conference
  • You should be working on Homework 6, due on-paper by 11:00 am on Monday, October 15
  • Next topic: light intro to programming using WeScheme, a browser-based environment for the Scheme language, https://www.wescheme.org
  
  
• Week 8, Lecture 2, October 10, 2018 - completed in-class discussion of Chapter 10; finished the "Green party" argument example started Monday
  • Week 8 Lecture 2 projected notes
  • "if the Green party loses..." example argument - PDF of the final steps from the done-in-class example using a truth-table to prove that this argument is NOT valid
  
  
• Week 8, Lecture 1, October 8, 2018 - Chapter 10, continued - showing how to write some of the classic deductive patterns in proposition logic form; finishing the "students can raise their grades..." argument example started last Friday; starting one more "bigger" example
  • Week 8 Lecture 1 projected notes
  • "students can raise their grades..." example argument - PDF of the final steps from the done-in-class example using a truth-table to prove that this argument is NOT valid
  
  
• Week 7, Lecture 3, October 5, 2018 - Chapter 10, continued - more discussion of truth table for IF-THEN operation, P -> Q; more examples of using truth tables to demonstrate the validity of deductive arguments expressed in propositional logic form
  • Week 7 Lecture 3 projected notes
  • "If the train was on-time..." example argument - PDF of the final steps from the done-in-class example using a truth-table to prove that this argument is valid
  • "If I have a clean driving record..." example argument - PDF of the final steps from the done-in-class example using a truth-table to prove that this argument is valid
  
  
• Week 7, Lecture 2, October 3, 2018 - Chapter 10, continued - more examples of using truth tables to demonstrate the validity of deductive arguments expressed in propositional logic form; introduced truth table for IF-THEN operation, P -> Q
  • Week 7 Lecture 2 projected notes
  • "Grass is green..." example argument - PDF of final result from built-in-class example using truth-table to prove that this "Grass is green..." argument is invalid
  • "Franklin is short..." example argument - PDF of final result from built-in-class example using truth-table to prove that this "Franklin is short..." argument is valid
  
  
• Week 7, Lecture 1, October 1, 2018 - Chapter 10 - starting discussion of propositional logic - starting discussion of truth tables, and using them to demonstrate the validity of deductive arguments expressed in propositional logic form
  • Week 7 Lecture 1 projected notes
  
  
• Week 6, Lecture 3, September 28, 2018 - Exam 1
  
  
• Week 6, Lecture 2, September 26, 2018 - review for Exam 1
  • Exam 1 Review Suggestions (in tagged PDF)
  • Week 6 Lecture 2 projected notes
  
  
• Week 6, Lecture 1, September 24, 2018 - Chapter 9 - more examples of using 3-circle Venn diagrmas to test the validity of categorical syllogisms, and in-class exercise practicing this
  • REMINDER of how to use 3-circle Venn diagrams to test the VALIDITY of categorical syllogisms
  • Example - involving painters, artists, and magicians
  • Example - involving scientists, toddlers, and physicists
  • Week 6 Lecture 1 in-class exercise handout - in tagged PDF
  
  
• Week 5, Lecture 3, September 21, 2018 - Chapter 9 - continuing with converting categorical statements to standard categorical form, and using 3-circle Venn diagrams to test the VALIDITY of categorical syllogisms
  • Week 5 Lecture 3 projected notes
  • SUMMARY of how to use 3-circle Venn diagrams to test the VALIDITY of categorical syllogisms
  • Example - involving dachshunds, dogs, and mammals
  • Example - involving doctors, cardiologists, and pro wrestlers
  • Example - involving snakes, reptiles, and cold-blooded animals
  • Example - involving Californians, Americans, and Coffee-lovers
  
  
• Week 5, Lecture 2, September 19, 2018 - Chapter 9 - continued discussing categorical statements, converting categorical statements to standard categorical form, and depicting categorical statement in 2-circle Venn diagrams
  • Week 5 Lecture 2 projected notes
  • 100lect05-2-more-examples.pdf - a few examples of using 2-circle Venn diagrams to depict standard-form categorical statements
  
  
• Week 5, Lecture 1, September 17, 2018 - Chapter 9 - started discussing categorical statements and Venn diagrams
  • Week 5 Lecture 1 projected notes
  • image of John Venn - inventor of Venn diagrams, and the Cambridge University Venn diagram stained glass window in his honor
  • Venn diagram item placement - figure regarding what it means when an X is placed within a Venn diagram
  • standard-form categorical statements depicted using Venn diagrams - figure showing how the four standard-form categorical statements look in [logic-style!] Venn diagram form
  • figures attempting to walk-through depicting "All dogs are mammals" in [logic-style!] Venn diagram form
  
  
• Week 4, Lecture 3, 2018-09-14 - Chapter 3, continued - mostly discussion of inductive strength and cogency, along with a bit more discussion of deductive validity and soundness
  • Week 4 Lecture 3 projected notes
  
  
• Week 4, Lecture 2, 2018-09-12 - continued discussion of Chapter 3, mostly discussing common patterns of inductive arguments, and starting discussion of deductive validity and soundness
  • Week 4 Lecture 2 projected notes
  
  
• Week 4, Lecture 1, 2018-09-10 - continued discussion of Chapter 3, intro to deductive and inductive arguments; more discussion of some common patterns of deductive arguments; started discussion of some common patterns of inductive arguments
  • Week 4 Lecture 1 projected notes
  
  
• Week 3, Lecture 3, 2018-09-08 - started discussion of Chapter 3, intro to deductive and inductive arguments; discussion of some common patterns of deductive arguments
  • Week 3 Lecture 3 projected notes
  
  
• Week 3 - Lecture 2, 2018-09-05 - Chapter 2, concluded - more discussion of arguments, their premises and conclusions, and some common types of non-arguments often confused with arguments
  • Week 3 Lecture 2 projected notes
  
  
• NO Week 3 - Lecture 1 on 2018-09-03, due to HSU Labor Day holiday
  
  
• Week 2 - Lecture 3, 2018-08-31 - Chapter 2, continued - more discussion about arguments, and their premises and conclusions
  • Week 2 Lecture 3 projected notes
    
    
  • more discussion of what is and is not an argument is available at:
    • http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/arg/arg.php
    • http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/jyoung/argument.htm
    
    
  • captioned version of Monty Python's "Argument Clinic" sketch:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9;&v=YUIA40uLlKw
  
  
• Week 2 - Lecture 2, 2018-08-29 - concluded discussion of "arch-villains" of critical thinking from Chapter 1; started discussion of Chapter 2 - Recognizing Arguments, including definitions of statement and argument
  • Week 2 Lecture 2 projected notes
  
  
• Week 2 - Lecture 1, 2018-08-27 - continued discussing Chapter 1 - Intro to Critical Thinking (from course text) - including discussion of some "arch-villains" of critical thinking
  • Week 2 Lecture 1 projected notes
  
  
• Week 1 - Lecture 3, 2018-08-24 - continued discussing Chapter 1 - Intro to Critical Thinking (from course text) - including more discussion of the intellectual standards of critical thinking
  • Week 1 Lecture 3 projected notes
  
  
• Week 1 - Lecture 2, 2018-08-22 - started discussing Chapter 1 - Intro to Critical Thinking (from course text)
  • Week 1 Lecture 2 projected notes
  
  
• Week 1 - Lecture 1, 2018-08-20 - intro to course
  • CS 100 Course Syllabus (in tagged PDF)

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