Syllabus
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Course Code: N101 Course Name: Principles of Reasoning |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Definition, Nature, Meaning and Significance of Reasoning; Uses of language; Connotations and Denotations of Terms; Understanding the Structure of Arguments; Argument Forms | |
| 2 | Indian Logic: Sources of knowledge (Pramanas): Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension). | |
| 3 | Aristotelian Classification of Categorical Proposition; Structure of Categorical Propositions;Nature and Structure of Categorical Syllogism; Mood and Figure of Categorical Syllogism; Formal and Informal Fallacies, | |
| 4 | Classical Square of Opposition; Immediate Inference—Conversion , Obversion and Contraposition; Evaluating and Distinguishing Deductive and Inductive Reasoning; Venn diagram: Simple and Multiple uses for Establishing Validity of Arguments. | |
