University of Kansas, Fall 2006
Philosophy 148: Reason and Argument
Ben Eggleston—eggleston@ku.edu

objectives and assignments for chapter 2

The following table shows the types of questions that you should be answer after reading and discussing chapter 2, along with the examples of each type that you should do during the time we spend on chapter 2.

Also, here is a paragraph from the syllabus pertaining to discussion sections that meet on Mondays:

type description before lecture on Wednesday, August 30 in lecture on Wednesday, August 30 before discussion section August 30–September 1 in discussion section August 30–September 1 before lecture on Wednesday, September 6 in lecture on Wednesday, September 6 before discussion section September 6–11 in discussion section September 6–11
9 a question asking you to rank several claims according to their respective levels of vagueness 2-1, 1
—, 2
—, 3
—, 4
—, 5		              
10 a question providing a passage and asking you to identify any expressions that are too vague, given their context 2-4              
11 a question providing a comparison and asking you to critique it 2-6, 1
—, 2
—, 3
—, 4
—, 5		 2-6, 6
—, 7
—, 8
—, 9
—, 10		 2-7, 1
—, 2
—, 3
—, 4
—, 5
—, 6
—, 7
—, 8		 2-7, 9
—, 10		 2-8, 1
—, 2
—, 3
—, 4
—, 5
—, 6
—, 7
—, 8		 2-8, 9
—, 10		    
12 a question providing an ambiguous claim and asking you to resolve its ambiguity 2-10, 1
—, 2
—, 3
—, 4
—, 5
—, 6
—, 7		 2-10, 8
—, 9
—, 10
—, 11
—, 12
—, 13
—, 14		 2-10, 15
—, 16
—, 17
—, 18
—, 19
—, 20
—, 21
—, 22
—, 23
—, 24		 2-10, 25
—, 26
—, 27
—, 28		 2-10, 29
—, 30
—, 31
—, 32
—, 33
—, 34
—, 35
—, 36
—, 37
—, 38		 2-10, 39
—, 40
—, 41
—, 42		    
13 a question providing a claim with a grouping ambiguity and asking you to resolve its ambiguity       2-11, 1
—, 2
—, 3		 2-11, 4
—, 5
—, 6		 2-11, 7
—, 8
—, 9		 2-11, 10
—, 11
—, 12		 2-11, 13
—, 14
—, 15
14 a question providing a definition claim and asking you to explain the type of definition it provides       2-12, 1
—, 2
—, 3		 2-12, 4
—, 5
—, 6		 2-12, 7
—, 8
—, 9		 2-12, 10
—, 11
—, 12		 2-12, 13
—, 14
—, 15
15 a question asking you to to arrange several sentences in the order that makes the most sense         2-13 go over
2-13		 2-14 go over
2-14
totals   18 12 18 12 25 13 7 7