• Identify arguments in ordinary language, distinguish premises from conclusions, differentiate deductive arguments from inductive arguments and construct arguments of their own;
• Evaluate deductive arguments in terms of validity and soundness, and inductive arguments in terms of strength and cogency;
• Detect mistakes in reasons, including both formal and informal fallacies;
• Translate sentences from ordinary language into standard form categorical propositions, translate ordinary language arguments into standard categorical syllogisms, and evaluate immediate inferences, and syllogisms using the traditional square of opposition and Venn diagrams;
• Translate ordinary language sentences into the symbolic notation of propositional logic, and evaluate arguments expressed in the notation through truth tables and natural deduction techniques.

10–12–2005