Communication Studies
COMM 1120: Principles of Argumentation
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Considers how the theories and techniques of argumentation can be used to understand and promote differing points of view, explore ideas and alternatives, and convince others of the need to change or act.
- Starts with the principles of formal logic and introduces students to truth tables and diagramming techniques.
- Continues to discuss informal logic and modern argumentation theory, including argumentative reconstruction, argument structures, argument schemes and critical questions, as well as informal fallacies.
- Concludes with a discussion of the effective use of reasoning in society from a logical, dialectical, and rhetorical point of view.
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