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What is the main focus of the course in critical reasoning?
What is one of the objectives of the course in critical reasoning?
What intellectual tools does the course aim to provide?
How does the course aim to deal with real dilemmas and ambiguities?
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What subject does the study of classical logic pertain to?
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What is a characteristic of someone suffering from schizophrenia?
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What is a type of hallucination that people with schizophrenia may experience?
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What is a delusion of persecution?
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What is a characteristic of disorganized speech and thought in people with schizophrenia?
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What is a symptom of schizophrenia that affects daily activities?
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What is a characteristic of movement disorder in people with schizophrenia?
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According to the neurodevelopmental hypothesis, what is the origin of schizophrenia?
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Study Notes
Course Overview
- Introduction to principles of good reasoning, similar to practical logic, informational reasoning, or the study of argumentation.
Course Focus
- Emphasis on arguments, their nature, use, and importance.
Course Objectives
- Enable students to recognize the need and complexity of good reasoning.
- Teach students to deal argumentatively with real dilemmas and ambiguities of human language.
- Provide intellectual tools for more rigorous self-reflection and critical assessment of other people's arguments.
Relation to Classical Logic
- Course relates to the study of classical logic as it pertains to natural language.
Schizophrenia: Symptoms
- A person with schizophrenia may express inappropriate emotion or fail to show appropriate emotion
- Deterioration of daily activities
- Hallucinations: perceptions that do not correspond to reality, such as hearing voices that no one else hears
- Delusions: beliefs that someone holds strongly despite evidence against it
- Disorganized speech and thought
- Movement disorder
- Loss of normal emotional responses and social behaviors
Hallucinations
- Auditory hallucinations: hearing voices that no one else hears
- Voices may speak nonsense, direct the person to do something, or may be unclear
- Having an occasional auditory hallucination does not mean someone is losing their mind
Delusions
- A delusion is a belief that someone holds strongly despite evidence against it
- Examples: delusion of persecution, delusion of grandeur, delusion of reference
- Taking all sorts of messages personally
Disorganized Speech and Thought
- Problems with communication, including illogical, incoherent, distracted, or tangential speech
- Forgetting what they are trying to say
Schizophrenia: Causes
- Genetics and prenatal environment, aggravated by stress later in life
- Link to specific genes
- Neurodevelopmental hypothesis: nervous system impairments that develop before birth or in early childhood due to genetics or environment
Personality Disorders
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- A maladaptive, inflexible way of dealing with the environment and other people
- Self-centeredness, lack of sense of responsibility, morality, or concern for others
- Determined by own needs, lacking a conscience
Antisocial Personality Disorder: Contributory Factors
- Biological: genetic factors play a role in development
- Social: neglectful and hostile parents, unsupervised children
Somatic Symptom Disorders
- Psychological and physical symptoms
- Medical conditions: physical symptoms
- Mental disorders: psychological symptoms
- Types: illness anxiety disorder and conversion disorder
- Worrying about symptoms despite no illness being found
Gender Identity Disorders
- Normal and "abnormal" sexual interests and behaviors defined by society and culture
- Broader societal and cultural definitions
Depression
- A major depression: a more extreme condition lasting weeks
- Little interest, pleasure, or motivation
- Sadness is characteristic, but lack of happiness is more characteristic
- Difficulty imagining anything that would make them happy
Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
- Exposure to death, threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violation
- Intrusion symptoms associated with the traumatic event
- Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event
- Negative alterations in cognitions and mood associated with the traumatic event
- Clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
- Not due to substance use or general medical condition
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Description
This introductory course covers the principles of good reasoning, practical logic, informational reasoning, and the study of argumentation. The main goal is to enable students to recognize arguments, their nature, use, and importance.
