Phil 145: Lecture Notes

Overheads are posted in .pdf format (for downloading and/or printing off). The notes are in .html. Notes will be posted after class but before the relevant exams, and overheads will be posted before class.

Symbols used on some slides
Symbol	Meaning
v	or (inclusive)
~	not
->	material implication (if...then...)

Topic 1: Introduction to Critical Thinking (overheads)

Topic 2: Logic and Inference (overheads)

Topic 3 & 4: Rhetoric and Fallacies (overheads1 and overheads2)

Topic 5: Interpretation of statistical data (overheads)

Topic 6: Numbers (overheads)

Topic 7: Statistics (overheads)

Topic 8: Bias and ambiguity (overheads)

Topic 9: Science (overheads)

Topic 10: Media (overheads)

Topic 11: Social Determinants of Belief (overheads)

Topic 12: Alternative Medicine (overheads)

Topic 13: Social Strategies/ESP (overheads)

Conclusion (overheads)