MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

(i) Reason and rationality

Robert Pargetter and others

Synopsis Most intellectual activities and academic pursuits involve the evaluation of a range of theories, beliefs and positions. We offer and assess reasons and arguments for our various beliefs, and end by deciding on the rationality of those positions and theories. This part of the subject will be concerned with the use and assessment of arguments and reasoning, with associated features of the language used in making and expressing these appraisals, and with the nature of rationality itself.

Assessment Four exercises: 5% each + Test: 30%

Prescribed texts

Pargetter R Arguments (available from the department)

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