1. General information
Course:
LOGIC OF ARGUMENTATION
Code:
44539
Type:
ELECTIVE
ECTS credits:
4.5
Degree:
373 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Academic year:
2020-21
Center:
7 - FACULTY OF HUMANITIES IN ALBACETE
Group(s):
10
Year:
4
Duration:
C2
Main language:
Second language:
English
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
ANDRÉS TUTOR DE URETA
- Group(s):
10
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Benjamín Palencia/131
FILOSOFÍA, ANTROPOL, SOCIOL Y ESTÉTICA
Andres.Tutor@uclm.es
2. Pre-Requisites
No prerequisites required.
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
The objective of this subject is for the student to acquire a discursive type training to be able to critically analyze the texts that they will encounter in the development of their professional life, which will help them develop the skills of complex thinking capable of interpret and act dialogically in areas related to the humanities and social sciences.
This subject is related to the other subjects of the Area of ¿¿Philosophy in the Degree: History of Philosophy in the first year, History of Ethical and Political Thought in the third year and Current Currents of Thought in the fourth year.
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| G02 | Knowledge of communication and information technologies |
| G03 | Correct oral and written communication |
| G04 | Ethical commitment and professional ethics |
| T11 | Solve problems, take decisions and learn how to adapt to changes and new situations |
| T13 | Value and promote own work qualityty |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Acquire basic knowledges on communication and information technologies | |
| Know main types and norms of formal and informal argument. | |
| Open up to interdisciplinarity, pluralism and tolerance, within a framework of non-ethnocentric universalism. | |
| Gather information, especially of a bibliographic nature, and subject it to critical analysis in order to develop coherent and free of prejudice discourses. | |
| Develop entrepreneurial spirit and self-confidence, involvement, critical sense, personal initiative and capacity to learn, to plan, to take decisions and to take responsabilities. | |
| Develop argumentative habits of formal and informal logic and know how to apply them both in the analysis of texts, of methodological positions in the human and social sciences, and in the analysis of ethical and political positions given throughout history and, especially, in our present. This can be contrasted especially by constructing argued philosophical dissertations. | |
| Explain orally or through written reports the results of reading rewiews, essays or short papers, in well-argued manner. | |
| Promote the development of the capacity for rational and dialogical autonomy as a framework for the development of the construction of coexistence and truth | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Not established. |
6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1: Introduction
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Unit 2: Theoretical perspectives on the history of the philosophy of language
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Unit 3: The modes of argumentation
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Unit 4: Rhetoric and political communication
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Unit 5: Public discourse and opinion
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Unit 6: Ethics, rhetoric and politics
7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | G03 G04 | 1.32 | 33 | Y | N | ||
| Individual tutoring sessions [ON-SITE] | Guided or supervised work | G03 G04 | 0.4 | 10 | Y | N | ||
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Guided or supervised work | G02 G03 G04 | 0.7 | 17.5 | Y | N | ||
| Analysis of articles and reviews [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | G02 G03 T11 | 0.64 | 16 | Y | N | ||
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | G02 T13 | 1.36 | 34 | Y | N | ||
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | G03 G04 | 0.08 | 2 | Y | N | ||
| Total: | 4.5 | 112.5 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 1.8 | Total class time hours: 45 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 2.7 | Total hours of out of class work: 67.5 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Final test | 40.00% | 50.00% | |
| Theoretical papers assessment | 40.00% | 50.00% | |
| Assessment of active participation | 20.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:For students who regularly attend class, the criteria indicated above. The theoretical work will be delivered at the same time that the final exam is delivered. You will not be able to pass the course if the exam or the directed work is suspended.
If necessary, any modification or adaptation necessary in the teaching guides as a consequence of any change in the teaching or evaluation model derived from the evolution of the pandemic will be documented through an addendum. -
Non-continuous evaluation:For students who do not attend class regularly, the assessment criteria are exactly the same as those for continuous assessment. Likewise, if necessary, any necessary modification or adaptation in the teaching guides as a consequence of any change in the teaching or evaluation model derived from the evolution of the pandemic will be documented through an addendum.
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
Evaluation criteria not defined
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
Evaluation criteria not defined
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Individual tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 10 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Guided or supervised work] | 17.5 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 16 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 34 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 2 |
| Unit 1 (de 6): Introduction | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 6 |
| Unit 2 (de 6): Theoretical perspectives on the history of the philosophy of language | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 6 |
| Unit 3 (de 6): The modes of argumentation | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 5 |
| Unit 4 (de 6): Rhetoric and political communication | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 6 |
| Unit 5 (de 6): Public discourse and opinion | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 5 |
| Unit 6 (de 6): Ethics, rhetoric and politics | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 5 |
| Global activity | |
|---|---|
| Activities | hours |
10. Bibliography and Sources
