introduction to the Reasoning Right exercises
Overview
Welcome to Reason Right, a set of exercises where you …
- choose your path and progress at your pace, as you
- learn how to separate right reasoning from wonky thinking, in order to
- develop communication and critical thinking skills, so you can
- find truth, be persuasive, and catch others in wonky thinking
Learning how to separate the good from the wonky is the point of these exercises. You’ll learn the nature of an argument and how to make inferences. You will develop communication and critical thinking skills. And yes, you’ll be catching relatives in wonky thinking (be forewarned).
Materials
Optional: Reasoning Right pdf ( alt-click or option-click to download instructor edition or learner edition ).
Modules
Goals
- Explain how to use arguments in effective communication
- Construct strong inductive arguments using methods
- Construct deductive arguments in proper form
- Identify fallacies in everyday experience
- Distinguish an argument from non-inference