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Here's something for all of us - Complete list of broken promises.(sm)

Posted: Aug 23, 2013

Oh, and just in case it's not clear, this doesn't have anything to do with our former President. These promises all belong to the current WH occupant.

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Here's a challenge and even more a wonderful opportunity - "Think Again: How to Reason and Argue" s

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It's absolutely free, a MOOC through Duke University. Totally free. Starts on 08/26--next Monday. All anyone has to do is click on the link below. "See" some from here in discussion there maybe?

Duke University
Think Again: How to Reason and Argue
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Ram Neta
Reasoning is important. This course will teach you how to do it well. You will learn how to understand and assess arguments by other people and how to construct good arguments of your own about whatever matters to you.

Workload: 5-6 hours/week
Watch intro video
Sessions:
Aug 26th 2013 (12 weeks long) Enroll for Free Enroll in Signature Track
Future sessions Add to Watchlist

About the Course
Reasoning is important. This course will teach you how to do it well. You will learn some simple but vital rules to follow in thinking about any topic at all and some common and tempting mistakes to avoid in reasoning. We will discuss how to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people (including politicians, used car salesmen, and teachers) and how to construct arguments of your own in order to help you decide what to believe or what to do. These skills will be useful in dealing with whatever matters most to you.
Course Syllabus
PART I: HOW TO ANALYZE ARGUMENTS (or identify, simplify, and arrange their parts to show how they are connected in a structure)
Week One: How to Spot an Argument
Week Two: How to Untangle an Argument
Week Three: How to Reconstruct an Argument
PART II: HOW TO EVALUATE DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS (or determine whether their premises validly imply their conclusions)
Week Four: Propositional Logic and Truth Tables
Week Five: Categorical Logic and Syllogisms
PART III: HOW TO EVALUATE INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS (or determine whether their premises provide enough reason to believe their conclusions)
Week Six: What are Inductive Arguments?
Week Seven: Causal Reasoning
Week Eight: Probability and Decisions
PART IV: HOW TO MESS UP ARGUMENTS (or commit common but tempting fallacies)
Week Nine: Fallacies of Vagueness and Ambiguity
Week Ten: Fallacies of Relevance and Vacuity
Week Eleven: How to Refute an Argument
Week Twelve: How to Apply these Methods to Everyday Arguments
Recommended Background
This material is appropriate for introductory college students or advanced high school studentsâ��or, indeed, anyone who is interested. No special background is required other than knowledge of English.
In-course Textbooks
As a student enrolled in this course, you will have free access to selected chapters and content for the duration of the course. All chapters were selected by the instructor specifically for this course. You will be able to access the Coursera edition of the e-textbook via an e-reader in the class site hosted by Chegg. If you click on â��Buy this bookâ��, you will be able to purchase the full version of the textbook, rather than the limited chapter selection in the Coursera edition. This initiative is made possible by Courseraâ��s collaboration with textbook publishers and Chegg.

Cengage Advantage Books: Understanding Arguments

Author: Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter (Walter Sinnott-Armstrong), Fogelin, Robert J.
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning

Suggested Readings
Students who want more detailed explanations or additional exercises or who want to explore these topics in more depth should consult Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic.
Course Format
Each week will be divided into multiple video segments that can be grouped as three lectures or viewed separately. There will be short exercises after each segment (to check comprehension) and several longer midterm quizzes.
FAQ
Will I get a Statement of Accomplishment after completing this class?
Yes. Students who successfully complete the class will receive a Statement of Accomplishment signed by the instructor.

What resources will I need for this class?
Only a working computer and internet connection.

What is the coolest thing I'll learn if I take this class?
Nasty names (equivocator!) to call people who try to fool you with bad arguments.

What are people saying about this class?
Here are some remarks from students that have taken the class:

â��I'd like to thank both professors for the course. It was fun, instructive, and I loved the input from people from all over the world, with their different views and backgrounds.â��

â��Somewhere in the first couple weeks of the course, I was ruminating over some concept or perhaps over one of the homework exercises and suddenly it occurred to me, "'Is this what thinking is?" Just to clarify, I come from a thinking family and have thought a lot about various concepts and issues throughout my life and career...but somehow I realized that, even though I seemed to be thinking all the time, I hadn't been doing this type of thinking for quite some time...so, thanks!â��

â��The rapport between Dr. Sinott-Armstrong and Dr. Neta and their senses of humor made the lectures engaging and enjoyable. Their passion for the subject was apparent and they were patient and thorough in their explanations.â��

The course has also been featured in a number of news articles and news reports. Here are links to some of these:

Raleigh News and Observer Article - January 20, 2013

"How Free Online Courses are Changing the Traditional Liberal Arts Education" PBS Newshour - January 8, 2013

About the Instructors

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Duke University
Ram Neta
Duke University

https://www.coursera.org/course/thinkagain

OMG, do you actually expect anyone to read this drivel? (sm) - LM

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You people complain you can't discuss topics in a reasonable manner. Well, I gave you one, and this is what you answer. This is pathetic. There were many things on that list that if you didn't agree with, we could have discussed. Not surprising, really. You can't defend the indefensible. I hope I never hear (ha) another liberal on this board complain that conservatives don't want to discuss issues rationally. I believe the shoes are on the smelly liberal feet, not the conservatives'.

LM, it's free, anonymous, and you can drop out - any time. Plus, you may learn

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to make arguments so powerful you actually change a mind. Come on. Hit the link. There's an initial forum forming up right now. The lectures are already recorded, and you can listen to the first one right away and unenroll as quickly as you signed up if you don't like it.

Give something new a try?

Change a mind? I am always hearing here, ad nauseam, I might add(sm) - LM

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that this board is to DISCUSS POLITICAL ISSUES. I posted something that was political, and liberals won't discuss it. I'm not surprised. When you're part of the Obama cult, you don't like to hear anything negative - you libs never let truth get in the way. I don't need your condescending attitude to take a course in more lecturing because it's free. You take it if you're so inclined. Meanwhile, I'll keep posting possible discussion topics and see if any liberals dare address any of the real issues. I won't hold my breath.

Where's the discussion in posting a propaganda - list then tossing insults back and forth?

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You say you want discussion, so where is it? Post something you hope we can all come a little together on. Throw out a little comment to invite comment back. If you don't want to be taken for an arsonist come to set the forum on fire, spreading dissension instead of discussion, don't act like it.

You KNOW presidents can't always make good on their promises, also that many repeated efforts to do so may be made in future. So why not discuss that? Obama recently delayed rolling out a provision in Obamacare, but it's a bad one that I suspect may be delayed until it just dies. That can be discussed.

Well, I've calmed down and come back. One reason to try the class out is to be able to understand our beliefs--to explain them better to ourselves.

FWIW, there's a really funny Monte Python segment in the second video lecture. BTW, a characteristic of MOOCs is that segments are typically just a few minutes each. None of this sitting in a lecture hall for an hour.

thoughtful post, imo - nm

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why do you have to make it personal? - sm

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"Oh, and just in case it's not clear" - you didn't initiate a discussion.

reminder about drivel - sm

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http://general.mtstars.com/358726.html

wait a second - smelly liberal feet?

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are you serious?

Does the sock fit? - nm

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nm

can I show you something in your size? - ; o

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OMG, it's happening again - sm

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If you all want to have a discussion, feel free to start one. In the meantime, feel free to direct adjectives like pathetic OUR way while you all wait for someone to knock the chip off your collective shoulders.

List - Effie

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Do you have a list of the broken promises made by Bush???

nm - Hopeless. No wonder the country is going down.

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nm

I'm sure you do. NEWS FLASH - Obama Regime - is the 1 flushing USA down the toilet

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nm

No he is not. Please justify "regime." He'd have Congress in his - palm if that was true.

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Really. Regime? Please.

If you seriously believe that, please, in your own words, say why you think this is true.

LM-there is soemthing seriously wrong with the Libs - on this board - Seems they are the only

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that are completely clueless because they are so mired in the ideology, they cannot reason through anything.

Obamacare all by itself is screwing over every single average American - and all they come up with is mindless, blind devotion to Bozo the Chief that is

-Destroying the 40-hour work week.
-Destroying the job market.
-Destroying medical care, ESPECIALLY for the elderly.
- Destroying employment opportunities.
- Destroying the unions.

I seriously hope that if they belive so strongly in this Bozo he White, they are the ones first hit and hardest hit to give them a taste of reality...probably will not get it. To bad we are not all spared from the evil Obama has dumped on America in more ways than one. They are so blinded by their ideology the only descriptive for them is pathetic.

None of them will be spared the excessive Obamacare taxes, lack of medical care, drop in weekly employment hours, increase in premiums, TAX on those premiums paid on their behalf, employers dropping the spouses and family because the cannot afford to provide coverage under Obamacare, lackm of physicians, rationing to name a few.

Sorry, I couldn't get past "in this Bozo he White." to merit this post - credibility

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So much for Cons attempt at a inviting a discussion.

I couldn't get past - NK

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the "smelly liberal feet" comment.

LOL! My liberal feet have been nauseating deBase for - 30 years. Might as well laugh. nm

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x

I couldn't get past - sm

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the mean girl talking about us libs behind our lib backs in front of our lib faces.

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