Schreiben und Argumentieren - Detailseite

Die Übungen zum Schreiben und Argumentieren werden in Form von Essays abgehalten. Jede Woche werden auf Moodle Essayfragen zu philosophischen Problemstellungen eingestellt, die als Essay argumentativ beantwortet werden sollen. Diese werden nach einem vorher festgelegten Schlüssel von den Autoren:innen vor der Gruppe laut vorgetragen und vom Veranstalter in der Gruppe besprochen und hinsichtlich ihrer Argumentationsweise kritisiert. Die erfolgreiche Teilnahme setzt die aktive Präsentation von 7 Essays voraus.

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

This course will focus on how to clearly and carefully write philosophical prose (in English). We will read C. Thi Nguyen’s Games: Agency as Art as well as philosophical articles on a number of other subjects, carefully considering how they are written and the arguments they make. The goal is to become better writers and thinkers by carefully reflecting on the writing process and through practice and feedback.

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Critical thinkers rigorously question ideas and assumptions rather than accepting them at face value. They seek to determine whether the ideas, arguments and findings represent the entire, accurate picture. In this seminar, we will specifically focus on developing skills in argumentation and writing. We will understand the links between ideas, recognise, build and appraise arguments, identify inconsistencies and errors in reasoning, reflect on the justification of assumptions, beliefs and values. We will do so by learning to apply and think according to the techniques of propositional logic. By the end of the seminar students should be able to approach (philosophical) problems in a critical and systematic way to work through and become more reflexive about theories and methods in their respective, multiple fields.