Argumentation Seminar 2014-2015

Argumentation seminar 2014-2015 (fall)

Information :

  • Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
  • Times and locations are listed @ Sorbonne Nouvelle website

Presence is mandatory

The course is held in French or in English (if needed), translation will be given whenever necessary.

Audience
This course is mandatory for BA (Licence) students.
Other external students whose curriculum is appropriate may attend but not validate.

Pre-requisites : none
The course starts with a 2 hours refresher in logics and philosophy.
No textbook is required, as the course is self-contained.

Work
Every student needs to study the reading material for the next class.
Discussions and exercices.

Validation

  • 50% exam validation (Final)
  • 25% written assignment addressed 24h before the class (by email : lucien[dot]castex[at]univ-paris3[dot]fr) + active participation
  • 25% midterm exam

Important Landmark and Reminder

  • I) The final should take place in january 2015, week 2 (starting jan. 4)
  • II) You should answer at least 4 questions out of 5
  • III) You should read the material before the class
  • IV) The short midterm exam should take place in week 48 (starting nov. 23)
  • V) You should make good use of digital library content

References (en français)

  • DUFOUR Michel, « Argumenter. Cours de logique informelle », Armand Colin, 2008.
  • BOUQUIAUX Laurence, LECLERCQ Bruno, « Logique formelle et argumentation », de Boeck, 2009.
  • THIBAUDEAU Victor, « Principes de logique. Définition, énonciation, raisonnement », PU Laval, 2006.

Logic class notes & use case (Using Boolean operators & Venn diagrams).

week 40 General presentation, prerequisite

Rationality
> Understanding logic
> Inference
week 41 > Logical operator
> Belief and arguments
> Propositions and formalisation
> Connectives : conjunction, disjunction and more
PDF - 333 ko


Readings :
> Lewis CARROLL, The Game of Logic (chapter 1 : new lamps for old.)
> JEFFREY, The logic of decision (chapter 1 : Deliberation : A Bayesian Framework)
> (Optional) James M. JOYCET, Why We Still Need the Logic of Decision ?
week 42 Argument and logic
> From natural language to premises
> Relationships between propositions
> Classification and categorization
PDF - 1.3 Mo


Readings :
> H.P. GRICE, Logic and Conversation (extract, in The Logic of Grammar) @ MIT or in French
week 43 Argument and Language
> Implicatures and connectives
> Argument forms & validity
> Anaphora
week 45 > Argument Structure
> Literature is language
> Use case and class discussion

Answer the following questions (15 lines, 24h before the class) :
> conditions de vérité : expliquez la notion de conditionnel et de biconditionnel en vous munissant d’exemples pratiques.

References (weeks 45, 46, 47) :
> John Langshaw Austin, How to Do Things with Words, Clarendon Press, 1962.
[en français] John Langshaw Austin, Quand dire, c’est faire, Seuil, 1970.
> John Searle, Speech Acts, Cambridge University Press, 1969.
[en français] John Searle, Les actes de langage, Hermann, 1972.
week 46 > Conceptual metaphor
> The Linguistics of writing
> Figure of speech and Speech acts

Readings :
> P. BOURDIEU, Ce que parler veut dire. L’économie des échanges linguistiques Paris, Fayard, 1982 (Chap. 1)
> Presentation par P. BOURDIEU @INA
week 47 Pragmatic aspects
> Conversational maxims
> Identifying Arguments II
> Notations

midterm exam

Readings :
> R. AMOSSY, Argumentation in Discourse : A Socio-discursive Approach to Arguments
week 48 Argument and Communication theory
> Evaluating argument
> Exercises

Answer the following questions (15 lines, 24h before the class) :
> Le modèle de Toulmin : apports et limite. (The relevance of Toulmin’s argument Model).

Readings :
> Stephen E. TOULMIN, The use of Argument, Cambridge University Press, Upadted edution, 2003 (Chapter III : The layout of arguments).
[en français] Stepehn E. TOULMIN, Les usages de l’argumentation, PUF, 1993 (Chapitre III : L’agencement des arguments).
> Bart VERHEIJ, Evaluating Arguments Based on Toulmin’s Scheme, Argumentation, Volume 19, Issue 3, 2005.
week 49 The missing premise
PDF - 64.6 ko


> Truth and validity
> Fallacies and premises
> Use case

Notations : lecture notes
week 50 > Notations
> Pratical arguments
> Use case and class discussion

Work (extended : dec. 14, 2014) :
> choisissez un article de presse (presse nationale, PQR) et identifiez les différents arguments développés par l’auteur (prémisses, conclusions).
week 51 > More notations
PDF - 103.7 ko


> Use case (Cf. readings)
> Concluding remarks

Readings :
> MONTESQUIEU, De l’esprit des lois (XV) - De l’esclavage des nègres
week 2
2015
Exam
> The written examination assesses the capacity of making use of the materials discussed during the seminar (readings and discussions).
> 2 hours

Answer the following questions :
> Question Bonus : Quelle différence entre une implicature scalaire et une implication ? Expliquez.

Documents joints

Luciencastex.com v6 '2011 | Mentions légales