STAGE 01 / PUBLISHED
Foundations of Reasoning
The basic intellectual equipment needed for serious disagreement.
What this stage teaches
Distinguish assertions from arguments, expose hidden assumptions, recognise fallacies, assess testimony and evidence, and identify the precise limits of a conclusion. Reconstruct your opponent's position fairly before attempting to refute it.
LESSON 1
READ LESSON
What Is an Argument?
Read the teaching material and complete the practice exercises.
LESSON 2
READ LESSON
How Not to Commit Every Fallacy in the Book
Read the teaching material and complete the practice exercises.
LESSON 3
READ LESSON
Evidence, Knowledge and Intellectual Responsibility
Read the teaching material and complete the practice exercises.
COMPULSORY EXAMINATION
Stage I examination
25 questions · 80% required · all three lessons must be completed first · retakes permitted.
Examination locked until all three lessons of Stage I are marked complete.