The Nature of Arguments

The Nature of Arguments

OXFORD UNIVERSITYOXFORD UNIVERSITY

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Part six of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this final lecture we will look at fallacies. These are bad arguments that can easily be mistaken for good arguments. 

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Part five of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will continue with the evaluation of arguments - this time deductive arguments - focusing in particular on the notion of validity. 

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