Argumentation Seminar
Information :
Presence is mandatory
The course is held in French or in English (if needed), translation will be given whenever necessary.
Audience
This course is mandatory for BA (Licence) students.
Other external students whose curriculum is appropriate may attend but not validate.
Pre-requisites : none
The course starts with a 4 hours refresher in logics and philosophy.
No textbook is required, as the course is self-contained.
Work
Every student needs to study the reading material for the next class.
Discussions and exercices.
Validation
50% exam validation (Dec. 18 or Dec. 19)
15% active participation & work during classes
15% homework assignment (due date is January, 6, 2014 by 7 PM)
20% short khôlle (15-20 minutes exam)
| Sep. 25
Sep. 26 |
General presentation, prerequisite Rationality, first-order logic > Understanding logic > Inference |
| Oct. 2
Oct. 3 |
> Logical operator
> Belief > Probability Readings : > Lewis CARROLL, The Game of Logic (chapter 1 : new lamps for old.) > (optional) JEFFREY, The logic of decision (chapter 1 : Deliberation : A Bayesian Framework) |
| Oct. 9
Oct. 10 |
> Rational choice theory
> Folk explanation > Bayesian inference Readings : > A. M. ELLISON, An Introduction to Bayesian Inference for Ecological Research and Environmental Decision-Making @ Harvard > Physique d’Aristote ou Leçons sur les principes généraux de la nature (Ch. VIII), (Traduction J. Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire, 1862) @ BNF > (Optional) James M. JOYCET, Why We Still Need the Logic of Decision ? |
| Oct. 16
Oct 17 |
Argument and logic
> From natural language to premises > Classification and categorization Readings : > H.P. GRICE, Logic and Conversation (extract, in The Logic of Grammar) @ MIT or in French |
| Oct. 23
Oct. 24 |
Approaches to argumentation
> Communication theory > Refutation Summary and class discussion |
| Noc.6
Nov. 7 |
khôlle 1 (1-4) Approaches to argumentation > Closing argument > Communication ? Readings : > J. A. FODOR, The Mind-Body Problem > Rationalism vs. Empiricism @ Stanford |
| Nov. 13
Nov. 14 |
Approaches to argumentation
> Discourse analysis > Back to arguments Readings : > H. POINCARE, Sur la nature du raisonnement mathématique (extract in La science et l’hypothèse) > R. AMOSSY, Argumentation in Discourse : A Socio-discursive Approach to Arguments |
| Nov. 20
Nov. 21 |
Arguments
> Graham’s Hierarchy > Practical arguments (use cases) Readings : > Avis sur la place du calcul dans l’enseignement primaire (jan. 2007) ci-contre. > Billet de Rémi Brissiaud |
| Nov. 27 Nov. 28 | Arguments
> Rethoric & use cases Reading : > S. E. TOULMIN, The layout of arguments (extract in The use of Argument) |
| Dec. 4
Dec. 5 |
Arguments
> Notations Readings : > J.W. MEILAND, Argument as inquiry and argument as persuasion. Argumentation (1989) (Paris 3 e-Library). > G. LAKOFF and M. JOHNSON, Metaphors we live by @Vassar College |
| Dec. 11
Dec. 12 |
Arguments
> More notations Reading : > PLATO, Georgias (B. JOWETT) @MIT (english) & in French : V. COUSIN or E. CHAMBRY (PDF) |
| Dec. 18
Dec. 19 |
Exam
> The written examination assesses the capacity of making use of the materials discussed during the seminar (readings and discussions). > 2 hours |
| Jan. 06 | Written homework assignment > Develop a critical analysis (commentaire critique) > Paper of your choice > 500 to 1500 words + bibliography > Sent by email : prenom [dot] nom [at] univ-paris3.fr > Deadline : Jan. 06 by 7 PM Paris time Papers (pick one) : > H. MERCIER, On the Universality of Argumentative Reasoning (english) > S. Goltzberg Chaïm Perelman. L’argumentation juridique (Français) > D. Willingham, Critical thinking. Why is it so hard to teach (english) > M. Hamersley, Is the Evidence-Based practice movement doing more good than harm ? (english) > A. Krieg-Planque, Un discours sur prescription : les « argumentaires » des partis politiques comme éléments de cadrage de la parole (Français) > R. KOREN, La critique du discours des « anciens » médias « mise au Net » : un nouveau type d’argumentation politique ? (Français) > H. MERCIER, C. HEINTZ, Scientists’ Argumentative Reasoning (english) |
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