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Pensamento Crítico, Lógica e Argumentação (Coursera)

Offered by Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP,

Depois de concluir este curso, o aluno estará equipado com ferramentas para analisar a validade e a força de todos os tipos de declarações e argumentos, de propaganda a artigos de opinião na política e na mídia, veredictos de tribunais e debate geral.

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Os alunos serão mais persuasivos na redação de ensaios argumentativos, debates, apresentações orais e até mesmo na compreensão de ideias filosóficas. Você, o aluno, também estará mais bem armado para distinguir a verdade de “fatos alternativos” e “notícias falsas”, e para compreender e refutar atitudes negacionistas.
O principal objetivo deste curso é torná-lo capaz de reconhecer e refutar comportamentos irracionais e falácias (erros de raciocínio), bem como aprimorar seus próprios argumentos.
Este curso teve a participação de:
Eliara Santana
Jornalista e doutora em Linguística, especialista na Análise do Discurso
Robson Rodrigues Monteiro
Produtor cultural
Elnio Junior
Produtor audiovisual

What You Will Learn
• Compreender o pensamento como um processo linguístico
• identificar e avaliar premissas, argumentos, crenças e evidências
• compreender os elementos da lógica
• compreender os conceitos de argumentos válidos, fracos, ruins e fortes
• pensar criticamente sobre os elementos da mídia, incluindo a mídia social,
questões morais e políticas
• comunicar-se com mais eficácia
• usar raciocínio crítico para resolver problemas
• refutar argumentos ruins e construir argumentos melhores

Syllabus

WEEK 1: Argumentos, linguagem e lógica
WEEK 2: Os limites do argumento e os bons argumentos. Já sabemos o que deve conter num argumento: premissas + conclusão. Nesta aula vamos apresentar as diferentes classificações de argumento e sua importância, com muitos exemplos.
WEEK 3: Reparando argumentos e avaliando premissas
WEEK 4: Lógica e argumentos complexos. Neste tópico mostramos como podemos conectar afirmações para estruturar um argumento.
WEEK 5: Como generalizar e evitar erros
WEEK 6: Como evitar falácias
WEEK 7: Como raciocinar bem com analogias e números
WEEK 8: Como tomar decisões e raciocinar bem com causa e efeito
WEEK 9: Como se defender de golpes e fake news

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