Internet Exercises

1. Read the article "Reasoning" by Rick Garlikov. What is the author's central argument? Do you agree or disagree? How do you reason? To what extent do you discuss reasoning in your classes?

http://www.akat.com/reasoning.htm

2. Have you encountered an argument that you thought was invalid? If so, visit the Argument Clinic sponsored by the Philosophy Department at the University of Northern Colorado.

http://www.unco.edu/philosophy/clinic.html

3. Visit Opinion Pages. Read a few letters to the editor or editorials on topics of your choosing. Can you identify any fallacies in the reasoning used by the authors of these articles? Which ones? Evaluate the evidence used in the articles.

http://www.opinion-pages.org/