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Nov 04, 2025
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2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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PHI 110 - Critical Thinking in the Digital Age
Description: Introductory study of critical thinking and logic, with emphasis on argumentation, rhetoric, and problem-solving. Examination of language, meaning, definition, fallacies, and arguments as they occur in academic and real-world settings (with an emphasis on online communication, media, and digital environments). Application of logic and critical thinking strategies to contemporary issues and practical problem solving.
Prerequisites: Reading Proficiency
Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Fundamentals of critical thinking
- Biases and assumptions in thought, arguments, and language
- Critical reading, writing, and speaking.
- Logical problem solving
- Language, content, and structure in arguments
- Formal and informal logic and their fallacies, including scientific reasoning and categorical logic
- Critical analysis of contemporary issues and their historical origins
- Critical analysis of the media, including print, Internet, video, and advertising
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe elements and aspects of the thinking, and critical thinking processes. (1)
- Evaluate the role of biases and assumptions in thought, arguments and language. (2, 5)
- Apply thinking skills to writing, reading, speaking and listening activities. (3)
- Incorporate knowledge of formal and informal logic in argumentation and problem solving through categorical logic. (4-6)
- Apply critical thinking skills to create solutions to problems in social, cultural, and personal issues. (7)
- Apply critical thinking strategies to media and everyday arguments. (8)
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