Further Discussion Please

A concept from Epstein that can be further discussed is deductive reasoning. When I first read this concept in the book I found it very difficult to understand at first. The book gave a vague delimitation of that I found very difficult to comprehend. It took me until I looked up deductive reasoning online before I could fully understand it. After looking  it up online I what I understood is that Deductive reasoning is a basic form in valid reasoning in which begins with a general case and deduces specific instances. Deductive reasoning begins with a theory. The truth of the premises is supposed to guarantee the truth of the conclusion; in an inductive argument, the truth of the premises merely makes it probable that the conclusion is true. The argument is valid if the conclusion doesn’t really follow from the premise. If the book the book did a better job of explaining this concept it would be much easier to understand.

What I Liked And Disliked

There were many things that I liked about this class. My favorite thing about the class had to be the blog.  The blog post allowed me to show what I learned every week in class. I enjoyed the many different concepts and I like how I was able to post how I understood each concept. Commenting on each person blog was fun as well; I liked sharing my own opinion on various concepts. Only problem I had with the post was making sure I did each post on time. What I disliked most about the class was the group assignments. The group assignments were very time consuming. Often times my group could not agree on a good to work together. Our different agendas were hard to adjust to. I found it very hard to juggle schedule for the group because I was very busy this semester. Aside from that my group worked great together .Overall it was a great class. I enjoyed it a lot

What I Learned This Semester

There are many things I learned in the class over the class over the semester. The book for the course had many different concepts that I found interesting. One of the most interesting concepts from the book too me was the one about arguments. Before this class I never knew how I could properly analyze an argument. The book thought us how to identify a weak argument, and a strong invalid argument. A good argument is an argument in which the premise is true and gives you a reason to believe the conclusion. Another thing I found interesting about the course was the many different fallacies.  After reading over the fallacies it was crazy to me how often these fallacies are used everyday and how effective they are. I don’t think I’m going to fall for these fallacies as much anymore since I’m able to identify each one .Overall this was a great course, I’m glad I took the class.