Philosophy and Critical Thinking: Argument Structure

" It is not enough just to have opinions. That doesn´t make knowledge." HETHERINGTON

"Knowledge, on the other side, is very objective. Belief is very subjective." GIRLE

Cogency is the quality of appealing to reason. A cogent argument is one that makes rational sense. It´s an appeal to logic.

Argument Structure: if the conclusion follows logically from the premises, we say the argument is valid.

Key questions in this module:

What is an argument is and how it is structured?

What makes an argument compelling?

How do we evaluate arguments?

What is knowledge?

What does it mean to doubt something?

What is the relationship between doubt and knowledge?

Fonte: https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UQx+META101x+3T2017/course/