Guías Docentes Electrónicas
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:
2022-23
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: SANTIAGO ARROYO SERRANO - Group(s): 10 
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
FILOSOFÍA, ANTROPOL, SOCIOL Y ESTÉTICA
Santiago.ArroyoSerra@uclm.es

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
Gather information, especially of a bibliographic nature, and subject it to critical analysis in order to develop coherent and free of prejudice discourses.
Know main types and norms of formal and informal argument.
Open up to interdisciplinarity, pluralism and tolerance, within a framework of non-ethnocentric universalism.
Acquire basic knowledges on communication and information technologies
Promote the development of the capacity for rational and dialogical autonomy as a framework for the development of the construction of coexistence and truth
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.
Additional outcomes
Not established.
6. Units / Contents
  • Unit 1: Introduction
  • Unit 2: Theoretical perspectives on the history of the philosophy of language
  • Unit 3: The modes of argumentation
  • Unit 4: Rhetoric and political communication
  • Unit 5: Public discourse and opinion
  • 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 Lectures are the fundamental expository method of the subject
Individual tutoring sessions [ON-SITE] Guided or supervised work G03 G04 0.4 10 Y N Individualized monitoring of the work developed by the student
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] Guided or supervised work G02 G03 G04 0.7 17.5 Y N Preparation of a final work on the texts that have previously been seen in class or developing a question of the students' choice
Analysis of articles and reviews [OFF-SITE] Self-study G02 G03 T11 0.64 16 Y N Treatment of philosophical texts, together with their commentary, put in common between the teacher and the students
Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] Self-study G02 T13 1.36 34 Y N Study of the contents to achieve the objectives of the subject
Final test [ON-SITE] Assessment tests G03 G04 0.08 2 Y N Written exam
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% Written test on the main contents of the subject.
Theoretical papers assessment 40.00% 50.00% Critical works, reviews or comments related to the contents of the subject.
Assessment of active participation 20.00% 0.00% The active participation of the students in the classes will be taken into account.
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:
  • 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.
    Any student may change to the non-continuous assessment mode as long as they have not participated during the teaching period in assessable activities that together account for at least 50% of the total assessment of the subject. If a student has reached that 50% of assessable activities or if, in any case, the class period has ended, it will be considered in continuous evaluation without the possibility of changing the evaluation modality.
  • Non-continuous evaluation:
    For students who do not attend class regularly, the assessment criteria are exactly the same as those for continuous assessment.
    Any student may change to the non-continuous assessment mode as long as they have not participated during the teaching period in assessable activities that together account for at least 50% of the total assessment of the subject. If a student has reached that 50% of assessable activities or if, in any case, the class period has ended, it will be considered in continuous evaluation without the possibility of changing the evaluation modality.

Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
They are the same as in the ordinary call.
CHANGE OF ASSESSMENT MODALITY: Any student may change to the non-continuous assessment mode as long as they have not participated during the period of classes in assessable activities that together account for at least 50% of the total assessment of the subject. If a student has reached that 50% of assessable activities or if, in any case, the class period has ended, it will be considered in continuous evaluation without the possibility of changing the evaluation modality.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
They are the same as in the ordinary call.
CHANGE OF ASSESSMENT MODALITY: Any student may change to the non-continuous assessment mode as long as they have not participated during the period of classes in assessable activities that together account for at least 50% of the total assessment of the subject. If a student has reached that 50% of assessable activities or if, in any case, the class period has ended, it will be considered in continuous evaluation without the possibility of changing the evaluation modality.
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
Teaching period: 3 weeks

Unit 2 (de 6): Theoretical perspectives on the history of the philosophy of language
Activities Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] 6
Teaching period: 3 weeks

Unit 3 (de 6): The modes of argumentation
Activities Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] 5
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Unit 4 (de 6): Rhetoric and political communication
Activities Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] 6
Teaching period: 3 weeks

Unit 5 (de 6): Public discourse and opinion
Activities Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] 5
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Unit 6 (de 6): Ethics, rhetoric and politics
Activities Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] 5
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Global activity
Activities hours
10. Bibliography and Sources
Author(s) Title Book/Journal Citv Publishing house ISBN Year Description Link Catálogo biblioteca
BEUCHOT, M. Historia de la Filosofía del Lenguaje México Fondo de Cultura Económica 968-16-7522-6 2005  
CAMPS, V. Ética, retórica, política Madrid Alianza 84-206-2557-4 1988 Ficha de la biblioteca
LABARRIÈRE, J.-L. et al. Teoría política y comunicación Barcelona Gedisa 84-7432-430-0 2000  
LÁZARO CANTERO, R. (ed.) De ética y política: Conceptos, historia, instituciones Madrid Tecnos 84-309-5383-7 2013  
LÓPEZ EIRE, A. / DE SANTIAGO GERVÓS, J. Retórica y comunicación política Madrid Cátedra 84376-1787-1 2000  
MIRANDA ALONSO, T. Argumentos Alcoy Marfil / U. de Valencia 84-370-54451 2006  
PERELMAN, C. / OLBRECHT-TYTECA, L. Tratado de la argumentación: La nueva retórica Madrid Gredos 84-268-1038-1 1989  
VAN DIJK, T. A Sociedad y discurso: Cómo influyen los contextos sociales sobre el texto y la conversación Barcelona Gedisa 84-9784-280-8 2011  
VAN DIJK, T. A. Sociedad y contexto: Un enfoque socio-cognitivo Barcelona Gedisa 84-9784-281-5 2012  



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