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Phil 1010, Critical Thinking
Shanna Slank
CRN 84190, Fall 2011, MW 8-8:50am, Aderhold 224
CRN 84197, Fall 2011, MW 9-9:50am, Aderhold 204
Contact Info
Instructor Shanna Slank
Office 34 Peachtree Bldg, Suite 1100
Office Hours M, W 10-11:30, and by appointment
Phone (404) 413-6100 (office message)
Email [email protected]
Check your GoSOLAR schedule today and be sure that the CRN on your schedule is
84190 (8am) or 84197 (9am). You must be registered for CRN 84190 (8am) or 84197
(9am) to receive credit for this course.
Course Objectives
The primary objective of Phil 1010 is to help you improve your critical thinking
skills. Critical thinking is the skill of recognizing, composing and evaluating arguments.
All college courses rely on arguments. Examples include: arguments about business
plans, arguments about the qualities of a novel, arguments about the significance ofhistorical events, and arguments about the nature and function of genetic material.
Because arguments are found in all your courses, doing well in this course should
increase your chances of successfully completing the core curriculum, the courses
required by your major, and the other courses required to earn your degree.This course is not intended to be an introduction to philosophy and it does not
focus on the questions discussed in most philosophy classes (e.g., the nature of justice,
the nature of knowledge, the history of philosophical ideas). For an introduction tophilosophy, take Phil 2010, Introduction to Philosophy. Phil 1010 is not a prerequisite for
Phil 2010.
Materials
Critical Thinking: The Art of Argument, Rainbolt & Dwyer
ISBN 9781133269458
There are several editions of this book. You need this one. Check the ISBN.There is an edition with color and Chap 6. It costs more, but you dont need it.
Aplia for Critical Thinking: The Art of Argument
ISBN 9781111928650This is the software to do the exercises for this course. It is required.
Other handouts available in class, on Aplia, and sent by email.The authors of this textbook do not receive any money from the sale of course materials
to GSU students.
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Grading
1. Components
Exercises/Participation 10% S&E 1 10%
Midterm 10% S&E 2 15%Final Exam 30% S&E 3 25%
2. ScaleAssignments in this class are scored on a scale from 1 to 100. Scores transfer to point
scale and letter grades as follows:
A+ 4.3 100
A 4.00 9399
A- 3.7 9092
B+ 3.3 8789
B 3.00 8386B- 2.7 8082
C+ 2.3 7779C 2.00 7376
C- 1.7 7072
D 1.00 6069F 0.00 0 59
3. To pass the course, students must earn an overall average of 60, take both the midterm
and the final, get least a 60 on either the midterm or the final, and turn in all threeS&Es.
4. I reserve the right to withdraw any student who, prior to October 7, 2011, misses more
than 2 exercises or misses more than 2 class periods. However, missing more than
2 exercises or 2 class periods does not guarantee that I will withdraw you. If youwant to withdraw, you need to do that yourself via GoSOLAR.
5. If you are not doing as well as you would like in this or any of your other courses,
consider making an appointment withthe Undergraduate Studies Office, Sparks224. It offers one-on-one academic coaching, as well as workshops and tutorials
on study skills.
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S&Es
S&E stands for Standardize and Evaluate Arguments in a passage. These will bediscussed in detail in class.
S&E 1: Identify and Standardize arguments.
S&E 2: Evaluate arguments.S&E 3: Identify, Standardize and evaluate arguments.
I reserve the right to use any students S&E for pedagogical purposes. Students namesand any other identifying marks will be removed to ensure anonymity.
Exercises & Aplia
Exercises are completed via Aplia. They are due once a week at 11:45 pm on Sunday.
Note that the computer will close at precisely that time so you need to be sure your
exercises are submitted before that time.
Your grade on each set of exercises is the percentage of the questions you get right. Forexample, if there are eight questions in an exercise set, and you get six of them right, your
grade on that set is a 75.
Because life and computer problems happen, I will drop the two lowest exercise grades.
This means that, except in extremely exceptional circumstances (for example,
hospitalization), I will not allow you to turn in the exercises late.
Accessing Exercises on Aplia
See below.
Important Tip
It is hard to get less than a C in this course if you come to all of the class sessions, do allthe exercises, take both exams, and complete all three S&Es. It is easy to get an F if you
miss more than class periods, miss more than 2 sets of exercises, miss an exam, or miss a
S&E. In other words, effort counts.
Make-Ups and Late Assignments1. Late assignments and absences are excused only when there is a well-documented, last
minute significant emergency. The following are examples of valid reasons for an
excused absence or an excused late assignment: a death in the family or a seriousillness. The following are examples of invalid reasons: a cold, lots of other work,
or end-of-the-term travel plans.
2. Unexcused late assignments are penalized 5 points for each calendar day late.
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3. If you turn in an assignment in the wrong computer format, your assignment will not
be counted as submitted until the date you have submit in a correct format. Seebelow for information about electronic formats.
1. Email is the best way to contact me.2. You should check your official Georgia State email at least once every 24 hours.
3. By University policy, I must use your official Georgia State student email address. If
you send an email from a non-GSU email account, I cannot respond.4. If you email me from your GSU account and have not received a reply within 24
hours, you should assume that I did not receive the message. Contact me in
person.5. If you turn in any assignment by email, it is your responsibility to confirm that I
received it on time. You will know that I got it because I reply to all student
emails. If I do not receive it on time, you will not get credit for the assignment
without time-stamped email proof that you sent it before it was due. Having
trouble with your email, computer, or ISP is not an excused late assignment.
Electronic Formats for AssignmentsS&Es must be turned in via email in Word documents.
Exercises must be done via Aplia.
Attendance
Everyones presence is an intrinsic and vital feature of the class. Even if you do not
speak, your presence has a positive effect on what is said by others. Attendance can be
the deciding factor for course grades on the borderline.
Class Format
The class will be a combination of lecture, discussion and practice. This format demandsthat students be well prepared for class. You do not have to understand all the readings
before class, but you need to read all the readings before class and be prepared to ask
questions about what you do not understand.
Electronic Devices
No computers, cell phones, smart phones, PDAs, pagers, or other electronic devices maybe used in the classroom. If you carry such a device, turn it off before class begins.
Academic Dishonesty
Failure of the course is the default departmental penalty for plagiarism, cheating on a
test, copying someone elses work, letting someone else copy your work, or any otherform of academic dishonesty. For example, copying someone elses standardization of
an argument is a case of plagiarism and will result in failure of the course. You are
encouraged to study with your classmates, but all work turned in for credit must be either
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your own work, or correctly cited. If you use even a small part of a classmates work or a
line from an online source, you must use proper citation. If you dont, you have violated
GSUs academic honesty policy.
Moreover, you are liable for further administrative action, which might include
expulsion with notation on your permanent record. See the GSU Policy on Academic
Dishonesty attached to this syllabus, available in the University Student Handbook, andfound online at http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwcam/overview/index.html
Final NoteEverything in this syllabus can change (and something always does). You are responsible
for all changes announced in class, on PAWS, and via email.
Department of PhilosophyGeneral Syllabus Statement Fall 2011
This syllabus provides a general plan for the course. Deviations may be necessary. The last day to withdraw from a course with the possibility of receiving a W is
Friday, October 7.
Students are responsible for confirming that they are attending the course sectionfor which they are registered. Failure to do so may result in an F for the course.
By University policy and to respect the confidentiality of all students, final gradesmay not be posted or given out over the phone. To see your grades, use PAWS.
The customary penalty for a violation of the academic honesty rules is an "F" inthe course. See the University Policy on Academic Honesty on the reverse of this
sheet. Copying or using material from the internet without citation is a
violation of the academic honesty rules.
A student may be awarded a grade of "W" no more than 6 times in their careers atGeorgia State. After 6 Ws, a withdrawal is recorded as a WF on the student's
record. A WF counts as an F in a GPA.
Your constructive assessment of this course plays an indispensable role in shapingeducation at Georgia State University. Upon completing the course, please takethe time to fill out the online course evaluation.
A+ grades are not parallel to grades of B+ and C+. They are reserved foroutstanding work.
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Students who wish to request accommodation for a disability may do so byregistering with the Office of Disability Services in Suite 230 of the StudentCenter. Students may only be accommodated upon issuance by the Office of
Disability Services of a singed Accommodation Plan and are responsible for
providing a copy of that plan to instructors of all classes in which an
accommodation is sought.
Subscribe to the Philosophy listserv for current information and events:
www2.gsu.edu/~wwwphi/5267.html
Messages will go to the address from which you send the message, so you need to
resubscribe every time you change e-mail addresses.
For more information on the philosophy program visit:
www.gsu.edu/philosophy
Policy on Academic HonestyFrom the GSU Catalog
As members of the academic community, students are expected to recognize and uphold
standards of intellectual and academic integrity. The university assumes as a basic andminimum standard of conduct in academic matters that students be honest and that they
submit for credit only the products of their own efforts. Both the ideals of scholarship and
the need for fairness require that all dishonest work be rejected as a basis for academic
credit. They also require that students refrain from any and all forms of dishonor-able orunethical conduct related to their academic work.
The universitys policy on academic honesty is published in the Faculty Handbookand
OnCampus: The Student Handbookand is available to all members of the university
community. The policy represents a core value of the university, and all members of the
university community are responsible for abiding by its tenets. Lack of knowledge of thispolicy is not an acceptable defense to any charge of academic dishonesty. All members of
the academic communitystudents, faculty, and staffare expected to report violations
of these standards of academic conduct to the appropriate authorities. The procedures for
such reporting are on file in the offices of the deans of each college, the office of the deanof students, and the office of the provost.
In an effort to foster an environment of academic integrity and to prevent academicdishonesty, students are expected to discuss with faculty the expectations regarding
course assignments and standards of conduct. Students are encouraged to discuss freely
with faculty, academic advisers, and other members of the university community any
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questions pertaining to the provisions of this policy. In addition, students are encouraged
to avail themselves of programs in establishing personal standards and ethics offered
through the universitys Counseling Center.
Definitions and Examples
The examples and definitions given below are intended to clarify the standards by which
academic honesty and academically honorable conduct are to be judged. The list is
merely illustrative of the kinds of infractions that may occur, and it is not intended to beexhaustive. Moreover, the definitions and examples suggest conditions under which
unacceptable behavior of the indicated types normally occurs; however, there may be
unusual cases that fall outside these conditions that also will be judged unacceptable bythe academic community.
Plagiarism:Plagiarism is presenting another persons work as ones own. Plagiarism
includes any paraphrasing or summarizing of the works of another person without
acknowledgment, including the submitting of another students work as ones own.Plagiarism frequently involves a failure to acknowledge in the text, notes, or footnotes
the quotation of the paragraphs, sentences, or even a few phrases written or spoken bysomeone else.
The submission of research or completed papers or projects by someone else is
plagiarism, as is the unacknowledged use of research sources gathered by someone elsewhen that use is specifically forbidden by the faculty member. Failure to indicate the
extent and nature of ones reliance on other sources is also a form of plagiarism. Any
work, in whole or in part, taken from the Internet or other computer-based resource
without properly referencing the source (for example, the URL) is considered plagiarism.A complete reference is required in order that all parties may locate and view the original
source. Finally, there may be forms of plagiarism that are unique to an individual
discipline or course, examples of which should be provided in advance by the faculty
member. The student is responsible for understanding the legitimate use of sources, theappropriate ways of acknowledging academic, scholarly or creative indebtedness, and the
consequences of violating this responsibility.
Cheating on Examinations: Cheating on examinations involves giving or receiving
unauthorized help before, during, or after an examination. Examples of unauthorized help
include the use of notes, computer-based resources, texts, or "crib sheets" during anexamination (unless specifically approved by the faculty member), or sharing information
with another student during an examination (unless specifically approved by the faculty
member). Other examples include intentionally allowing another student to view ones
own examination and collaboration before or after an examination if such collaboration isspecifically forbidden by the faculty member.
Unauthorized Collaboration: Submission for academic credit of a work product, or a
part thereof, represented as its being ones own effort, which has been developed insubstantial collaboration with another person or source or with a computer-based
resource is a violation of academic honesty. It is also a violation of academic honesty
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knowingly to provide such assistance. Collaborative work specifically authorized by a
faculty member is allowed.
Falsification: It is a violation of academic honesty to misrepresent material or fabricate
information in an academic exercise, assignment or proceeding (e.g., false or misleading
citation of sources, falsification of the results of experiments or computer data, false ormisleading information in an academic context in order to gain
an unfair advantage).
Multiple Submissions: It is a violation of academic honesty to submit substantial
portions of the same work for credit more than once without the explicit consent of the
faculty member(s) to whom the material is submitted for additional credit. In cases inwhich there is a natural development of research or knowledge in a sequence of courses,
use of prior work may be desirable, even required; however the student is responsible for
indicating in writing, as a part of such use, that the current work submitted for credit is
cumulative in nature.
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Phil 1010, Critical Thinking
Fall 2011
TENTATIVE Schedule of Assignments
M 8/22 Chap 1, What is Critical Thinking, What is an Argument, pp. 4-13
W 8/24 Chap 1, Finding Arguments, pp. 13-26
F 8/26 No class, but last day to Add/Drop
M 8/29 Chap 1, Putting Arguments into Standard Form, pp. 31-36
W 8/31 Chap 1, Putting Arguments into Standard Form continued
M 9/5 LABOR DAY. No classes meet.W 9/7 Chap 2, Two Characteristics of a Good Argument, True Premises, and
Proper Form, pp. 42-48 and 51-53
M 9/12 Chap 2, Deductive and Inductive Arguments and Relevance, pp. 55-67
W 9/14 Chap 2, Fallacies and Relevance, pp 70-79
M 9/19 Chap 3, Three Kinds of Premises, pp. 86-102
W 9/21 Review for S&E 1 and Midterm
M 9/26 Midterm in class, & S&E 1 DueW 9/28 Chap 4, Identifying Definitions, pp. 116-127
M 10/3 Chap 4, Evaluating Definitions, Language and Clarity, pp. 128-138
W 10/5 Chap 5, Identifying Propositional Statements, pp. 146-156
F 10/7 No class, but last day to withdraw with a W
M 10/12 Chap 5, Evaluating Propositional Arguments, pp. 159-169
W 10/14 Chap 7, Identifying Analogical Arguments, pp. 228-234
M 10/17 Chap 7, Evaluating Analogical Arguments, pp. 244-256
W 10/19 S&E 2 DueChap 8, Descriptive Statistics, pp. 258-275
M 10/24 Chap 8, Identifying Statistical Arguments, pp. 275-278
W 10/26 Chap 8, Evaluating Statistical Arguments, pp. 281-285
M 10/31 Chap 8, Evaluating Statistical Arguments continued, quiz counts double
W 11/2 Chap 9, The Many Meanings of Cause and Identifying Causal Arguments, pp.294-303
M 11/7 Chap 9, Evaluating Causal Arguments, pp. 306-314
W 11/9 Chap 9, Evaluating Causal Arguments Continued, pp. 316-321
M 11/14 Chap 9, The Scientific Method, pp. 326-331W 11/16 Causal Arguments continued, no new readings, quiz counts double
S&E3 Due
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M 11/21 Thanksgiving break
W 11/23 Thanksgiving break
M 11/28 Chap 10, Identifying Moral Arguments, pp. 342-345 and
Chap 10, Evaluating Moral Arguments, Consequentialist Arguments, pp. 351-
358W 11/30 Chap 10, Deontic Moral Arguments, pp. 359-365
M 12/5 Chap 10, Aretaic Moral Arguments, pp. 365-366
F 12/9 CommonFinal Exam, Friday, December 9, 1:304pm, ROOM TBA
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NAME______________________________ DATE__________________
I have received, read, or will read, and accept responsibility for following the policies
noted in the syllabus. I understand that not following the course policies or not
completing all assignments can negatively affect my grade in the course. I also
understand that FAILURE OF THE COURSE is the departmental default policy for cases
of academic dishonesty.
I also understand that I am responsible for using and checking my GSU email account
daily, and that my instructor is required by university policy to use my GSU email
account for all academic correspondence.
______________________________________
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ACCESSING APLIA
Phil 1010, Critical Thinking
Step 1: Go towww.cengagebrain.com/login (You will use this site to log into all
Cengage products)
Click Create New Account on the right-hand side
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Step 2: Enter the Aplia Course Key: GYFT-GEGJ-LY3K.
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Step 3: Confirm your course information. You will need to confirm your school (GA
State), course (PHIL 1010), Section Number, CRN, and instructor. To have your grades
properly recorded, you need to fill in the correct CRN. Check PAWS if you dont knowyour CRN. The graphic below serves as an example.
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Step 4: Complete registration form. You will only do this step once! For your email
address, be sure to put in your official GSU email address (for example,[email protected]). If you enter another address, your instructor will not be able
to contact you. Make sure all fields are complete and click Continue.
Step 5: Review your dashboard. You have arrived at your My Home page. Here you
can verify your e-Mail address with CengageBrain and pay for your course (See Step 6).
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Note that any prior (and future) Cengage Learning purchases will appear on this page.
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Step 6: Completing your payment for your Aplia Course.
PHIL 1010 Critical
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Step 6 (Continued) Open the access code card that you bought at the GSU bookstore.
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Step 6 (Continued): Completing Payment for Aplia. Enter the payment code that you
bought at the GSU bookstore. Make sure you enter the codes EXACTLY as it appears onthe card. NOTE: the payment (access code) is different from the course key your
instructor provided you.
Final Step: Payment Confirmation