Name: Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies
Brand: Duke University
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.6 (84 reviews)

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课程概述

We encounter fallacies almost everywhere we look. Politicians, salespeople, and children commonly use fallacies in order to get you to think whatever they want you to think. It’s important to learn to recognize fallacies so that you can avoid being fooled by them. It’s also important to learn about fallacies so that you avoid making fallacious arguments yourself. This course will show you how to identify and avoid many of the fallacies that lead people astray. In this course, you will learn about fallacies. Fallacies are arguments that suffer from one or more common but avoidable defects: equivocation, circularity, vagueness, etc. It’s important to learn about fallacies so that you can recognize them when you see them, and not be fooled by them. It’s also important to learn about fallacies so that you avoid making fallacious arguments yourself. Suggested Readings Students who want more detailed explanations or additional exercises or who want to explore these topics in more depth should consult Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic, Ninth Edition, Concise, Chapters 13-17, by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Robert Fogelin. Course Format Each week will be divided into multiple video segments that can be viewed separately or in groups. There will be short ungraded quizzes after each segment (to check comprehension) and a longer graded quiz at the end of the course....

51 - Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies 的 75 个评论（共 84 个）

创建者 Diego A P M

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Dec 9, 2020

excelente!!

创建者 matthew s

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Mar 4, 2018

Excellent !

创建者 Rasper F

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Dec 1, 2022

Brilliant.

创建者 Cleutom R

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Jun 28, 2019

Muito bom!

创建者 ENRIQUE I P

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Aug 17, 2025

EXCELENTE

创建者 JESUS S L M

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Aug 15, 2024

Todo bien

创建者 TANIA V M R

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Aug 3, 2024

excelente

创建者 TANIA A R A

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Dec 4, 2022

excelente

创建者 Abhishek s

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May 27, 2020

very good

创建者 YAZMIN P R

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Nov 19, 2025

Me gusto

创建者 SAI A K

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Oct 27, 2025

amazing

创建者 Жаксылыкова К Е

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Oct 27, 2024

great

创建者 JUAN F F M

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Jun 27, 2023

GOOD

创建者 Waleed M S

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Sep 2, 2016

best

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Oct 6, 2024

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创建者 MARLENT G R

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Jul 30, 2024

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Jul 30, 2023

创建者 Kohei

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Apr 23, 2020

I deepened my understanding of arguments by studying Think Again IV.

While Think Again I~III focused on good arguments, this course taught bad arguments. We learned how to criticize an argument by recognizing fallacies and refutation. The professor not only presented good examples of bad arguments, but also explained when we can encounter those bad arguments, which I enjoyed. Partially because my native language is not English, I had some challenges on the semantic and syntactic ambiguity.

Overall, I learned a lot about arguments by completing the entire series. I would like to thank the professors for creating this course!

创建者 Silvia P

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Nov 14, 2025

The course was very interesting and funny, introduced a lot of interesting concepts. I rating it less than 5 only because I expected more from the fallacies module. I just expected to become a super expert in arguments and I feel I am not. I thank the professors for their lovely work and wish them all the best!

创建者 Yu L

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May 27, 2020

Very interesting course with great lecturers and great examples. I do wish there were more real life/ everyday examples to help me understand the difference between different fallacies/arguments in real life but overall this has still made me notice how some arguments are a fallacy and how I could refute them

创建者 John C B

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Nov 12, 2021

Really liked the way we got to write out our own argument once we completed everything. Ram was engaging, yet there were times it seemed he was about to explain a topic in depth with examples, yet would go into the next lecture without really explaining like I needed.

创建者 SEAH Y Y

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Mar 6, 2021

Interesting course although it might get too technical at times when it could have been by common sense/reasoning - and a great way to end the course with that video!