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NOTE: The lecture notes only appear after a lecture has been given, typically within a day or two following.  Be advised that these notes are by no means a comprehensive or accurate record of what is covered in class, nor what I will expect you to know for quiz and paper-writing purposes, since that must necessarily include comments made by you, my students, and interactions that arise among all of us who attend, not to mention what you have read (only some of which we have time to go over in class).  In short, these are no substitute for class attendance or doing the reading!

Abbreviations Used in Marking Papers

Supplementary Packet (with grading codes, advice about writing papers, and an sample of an excellent philosophical essay focused on assessing the meaning of a particular philosophical text)

Lecture on Inference Indicators

Lecture on Validity Detection

Lecture on Extracting Arguments from Original Text

Lecture on Counterexamples

How to Reconstruct a Complex Argument's Subarguments Using Types of Inference-Indicating Words/Expression as Clues

In-Class Shares

Question(s) for the day (Sometimes Used to Spur In-Class or Breakout-Room Discussions)

Powerpoint Slideshows

On Inference Indicators
On Validity Detection
On Counterexamples
Powerpoint on Stroud Pages 1-13 (to come)

Videos

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