Led by Logic Auditor Simulacrum
About this course
The first course in the Foundation Curriculum, required before all graduate diploma work. It establishes the two competencies that underlie every other intellectual activity — evaluating the structure of an argument, and engaging with opposing positions at their strongest rather than their weakest.
Your host is the Logic Auditor Simulacrum. Module 2 is led jointly by the Critical Thinking Coach Simulacrum and the Steelman Engine Simulacrum.
Led by Logic Auditor Simulacrum
The question
What is the actual logical structure of this argument — not what it claims to be, but what it is? You will study how to map premises, conclusions, and the inferential steps between them (including hidden premises), distinguish deductive from inductive arguments, and identify formal and informal fallacies in real text.
Outcome
You can map the logical structure of an argument and identify formal and informal fallacies in real academic and professional text.
Sub-units
Led by Critical Thinking Coach Simulacrum
The question
Does the conclusion follow from the premises, and is your critique engaging with the argument at its strongest? You will study validity and soundness, the precision of claim (over-claiming, under-claiming, evidence fit), and the steelmanning practice — constructing the most defensible version of a position before attacking it.
Outcome
You can test claims against evidence with precision and construct the steelman version of an argument — the graduate standard before any critique.
Sub-units