39 research outputs found
Working Backwards with Copi's Inference Rules
In their Introduction to Logic, Copi and Cohen suggest that students construct a formal proof by "working backwards from the conclusion by looking for some statement or statements from which it can be deduced and then trying to deduce those intermediate statements from the premises. What follows is an elaboration of this suggestion. I describe an almost mechanical procedure for determining from which statement(s) the conclusion can be deduced and the rules by which the required inferences can be made. This method is designed to forestall the quandary in which many beginners find themselves: not knowing how to get started
Comprehension view about critical thinking: narrative review
The critical thinking literature emphasizes the continuous need of understanding the meaning of a
complex concept as critical thinking. Previous research provides multiple theoretical approaches on
critical thinking, including different theoretical and operational definition, methods for developing
critical thinking and measurements tools within formal educations. In this study, we focus on
reviewing the main insights from previous studies with the specific aim of proposing a structured
overview of how critical thinking can be defined, developed and measured according to multiple
approaches (i.e., philosophical, psychological, educational). Results of this study showed the
development of the critical thinking concept, consisting of a broad perspective of multiple
approaches of critical thinking. This further enables an overview of critical thinking particularities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Cultural icons in Latin American theater : studies of Frida Kahlo, Carlos Gardel, Eva Perón and Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
Ph.D. University of Kansas, Spanish and Portuguese 2001My dissertation entitled Cultural Icons in Latin American Theater : Studies of Frida Kahlo Carlos Gardel, Eva Perón and Selena Quintanilla-Pérez demonstrates that the thread that unites these figures is their foundation in art and performance. Although in some cases much has been written about these famous artists, there is surprisingly little research in the area of theater. Through their individual arts (Kahlo's paintings, Gardel and the tango, Evita's career as an actor and Selena's Tex-Mex style music), this study shows how these famous figures fashioned public personae and created roles for themselves that they subsequently performed in everyday life. These performances on stage and in life became layered, and this multidimensionality allows them to continue their popularity even after death. Their art and images have begun to appear everywhere, and in the same way that historical icons came to represent various liturgical texts, these icons of popular culture resurfaced at the end of the twentieth-century as symbols for debate about various discourses circulating in literature, culture, society and politics. Through a performance and cultural studies based approach, this project explores topics as diverse as gender studies, Mexican politics from the Revolution to the 1968 massacre at Tlatelolco, the NAFTA trade agreement, dictatorships in South America, national apathy, immigration, exile, border cultures and Latino(a)/Chicano(a) identit
AS-623-04 Resolution on Establishment of a Center for Sustainability in Engineering (CSinE)
Endorses the proposal to establish the Center for Sustainability in Engineering (CSinE)
Logic and the Common Law Trial
In this article, the author explores some of the inconsistencies between logic and the practice of law. The article draws together numerous anecdotes and examples of situations in which common sense was rejected or ignored in the name of legal procedure. The article focuses on various argument styles employed by lawyers
Mechanical Translation
Contains reports on two research projects.National Science Foundation (Grant G-24047
Informal Fallacies in Legal Argumentation
Article published in the South Carolina Law Review
Woods and Walton of the Fallacies, 1972-82
This paper is an in depth discussion of the work on fallacies collected in the Selected Papers of Woods and Walton. While it defends many of their claims, it argues that they have not shown that their formal approach should be an integral part of that discipline we now call informal logic