PHBA Argumentation

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PHBL1 Logic I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on mastering basic skills associated with identification, evaluation and use of the arguments.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
  • analyze the text with respect to its argumentative function
  • determine what type of argument is involved
  • evaluate the quality of the argument
  • reconstruct the objective of argumentative criticism
  • semiformally analyze the dialogue
    • Syllabus
    • 01. critical thinking, persuasion and decision making
    • 02. assertion and relation of consequence
    • 03. models of argument
    • 04. exercise: reconstruction
    • 05. good argument
    • 06. selected schemes
    • 07. disputation and critical ideals
    • 08. exercise: evaluation
    • 09. rhetorical criticism I
    • 10. rhetorical criticism II
    • 11. exercises: presentations
    Literature
      recommended literature
    • TOULMIN, Stephen. The uses of argument. Updated ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xiii, 247. ISBN 0521534836. info
    • WALTON, Douglas N. Fundamentals of critical argumentation. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xvi, 343. ISBN 0521530202. info
    • EEMEREN, F. H. van, R. GROOTENDORST and A. F. SNOECK HENKEMANS. Argumentation : analysis, evaluation, presentation. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2002, xiv, 195. ISBN 0805839526. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures and workshops; study materials in interactive sylabus
    Assessment methods
  • KvIS 1 (10 % of grade)
  • KvIS 2 (10 % of grade)
  • workshop (30 % of grade)
  • final exam (50 % of grade)
    • Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught annually.
    The course is taught: every week.
    Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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