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* %red% [28 March] The Computer Centre has changed the web server settings without notice. I am moving all the course files [[http://philosophy.hku.hk/courses/grsc6010|HERE]].
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* 2 May 2006 - Unofficial results - Everyone passed, except for 2005940358 who did not attend the exam.
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* %red% [28 March] The Computer Centre has changed the web server settings without notice. I am moving all the course files [[http://philosophy.hku.hk/courses/grsc6010|HERE]].
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* [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/courses/phil1005/definitions.pdf|Lecture notes on definitions]] - Please do not distribute outside class.
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* [[intranet:../courses/phil1005/definitions.pdf|Lecture notes on definitions]] - Please do not distribute outside class.
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* [[intranet://courses/grsc6010/hku-theses.pdf|Abstracts from HKU theses]]
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* Critical thinking web - [[thinkweb:sci/|S01-S08]] [[thinkweb:stat/node29.php/|T5.1-T5.4]]
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* [R] Wilfrid Hodges "[[http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~wilfrid/learning.pdf|Psychologists' tips on how and how not to learn]]" - Although this is about studying mathematics, the same principles of learning apply when it comes to studying law, linguistics, economics, etc.
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* [R] Wilfrid Hodges "[[http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~wilfrid/learning.pdf|Psychologists' tips on how and how not to learn]]" - Although this is about studying mathematics, the same principles of learning apply when it comes to studying law, linguistics, economics, etc.
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* [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/courses/phil1005/definitions.pdf|Lecture notes on definitions]] - Please do not distribute outside class.
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* All powerpoint files are located on the intranet [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/courses/grsc6010|HERE]]. I shall try to make the file available the day before the .
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* All powerpoint files are located on the intranet [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/courses/grsc6010|HERE]]. I shall try to make them available at least one day before the lecture.
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* Assessment - 1 in-class test on 31st March 2006. (Pass/Fail)
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![=PHIL1005 - Critical thinking and logic=]
2nd semester 2005-06. Friday 4-6pm on Feb 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 24, 31. P501 Graduate House.
!Announcements
* Assessment - 1 in-class test on 31st March 2006. (Pass/Fail)
!Course schedule
* Key to readings: [R] Recommended but not required. Required reading otherwise.
* Some of these items are located on the HKU intranet server. You can access them through the HKU library computers, or through a [[http://www.hku.hk/cc/home/networks/vpn.htm|VPN connection]] if you are outside the HKU network.
* All powerpoint files are located on the intranet [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/courses/grsc6010|HERE]]. I shall try to make the file available the day before the .
!!!1. Introduction - what is critical thinking?
* Alec Fisher - [[http://assets.cambridge.org/052100/9847/sample/0521009847ws.pdf|"What is critical thinking and how to improve it"]] (PDF). This is an online copy of the first chapter of Fisher's book ''Critical Thinking: An Introduction''.
* Critical thinking web - [[thinkweb:critical|C01-C02]], [R] [[thinkweb:critical/media.php|C03]]
* [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/courses/phil1005/impediments.pdf|"Impediments to Good Reasoning"]] in Richard Feldman (1993). ''Reason and Argument''. Prentice Hall.
* De Bono's [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/readings/bono-attitudes.htm|"Attitudes"]] - Attitudes of a good thinker
* [R] [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/readings/attitude-reflection.jpg|Questions for reflection]], [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/readings/fourfold-path.htm|The fourfold path to critical thinking]]
!!!2. Analyzing meaning
* Critical thinking web - [[http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/meaning|M01-M07]], [R] [[http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/strategy/classify-problems.php|G01]]
* [R] [[http://perl.plover.com/yak/presentation/samples/slide001.html|Conference Presentation Judo]] - Some nice advice about giving presentations.
* [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/courses/phil1005/definitions.pdf|Lecture notes]] - Please do not distribute outside class.
* [R] Wilfrid Hodges "[[http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~wilfrid/learning.pdf|Psychologists' tips on how and how not to learn]]" - Although this is about studying mathematics, the same principles of learning apply when it comes to studying law, linguistics, economics, etc.
!!!3. Basic logic
* Critical thinking web - [[thinkweb:logic/|L01-L04]], [[thinkweb:arg/|A01-A09]], [[thinkweb:venn|V01-V02]]
* [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/readings/logical-relations.pdf|"Logical relations"]]
* [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/readings/induction-deduction.pdf|Intranet reading - up to section 4]] From Gustason ''Reasoning from Evidence''
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!!!4. Scientific reasoning
* Critical thinking web - [[thinkweb:sci/|S01-S08]]
* [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/readings/search.htm|The SEARCH formula]]
!!!5. Values, Fallacies, and Decision Traps
* Critical thinking web - [[thinkweb:value/|U01-U05]], [[thinkweb:fallacy/|F01-F07]]
* [R] [[http://www.fallacyfiles.org|Gary Curtis's ''Fallacy Files'']] - an online directory of fallacies with examples and explanations.
!!!6. Creativity
* [[http://www.hku.hk/local/philodep/courses/phil1005/creativity.pdf|Lecture notes]] - Please do not distribute outside class.
!Additional resources
* If you want to read more about critical thinking, see [[http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/critical/resources.php|this page]].