For Further Notice.

The concept of fallacies I think should be further discussed because there were so many different kinds and they were very confusing. When we had to take our test on fallacies I was completely confused even though I studied them so much.  I liked when we had the website to further learn about reasoning by analogy.  All the different types of fallacies were briefly described in the book, so it was hard to follow the assignments and the examples did not help my understandment. I know that fallacies are a main part of arguments because they make them weak or strong. 

Opinions, Opinion, Opinions.

 My favorite thing about the class was the idea that it was online and I did not have to get up at a specific time of day to go to it. It was nice how everything we needed to know was in one place and there was always an explanation for everything we had to do or what we have to know for the week. It was nice to be able to post our blogs online because for those who are not Internet friendly got the experience.

I did not like how there were certain times for everything. I understand that we have a week and only three posts, but sometimes during the week it is hard to make time for it. I work Tuesday thru Thursday, so it is hard for me to post during the week. A few weeks I missed the twelve hour time difference because I had class and work, so I missed out on points.

If I could change anything it would be the time slots only because having such a constriction was really hard and stressful especially for people who have really tight schedules to follow by and they picked an online class because they thought it would be easier with the time commitment. 

What the Teacher Taught Me

This semester I have learned a lot more about arguments. Each chapter has taught me a new specific about how to arrange sentences to make it strong or weak. When arguing one side of the comparison is the conclusion and the other side concludes the same. Learning about different types of analogy to reason by was very helpful because it explained how different situations are more beneficial when using different reasoning. I have noticed I use this concept the most when I am arguing with friends or in class. The most useful part is using the general principle and applying it to both sides to prove that there are similarities as premises. By applying those two main concepts it has allowed me to have a strong argument every time and I have never I have never lost an argument, since I have been in this class.