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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments by Duke University

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About the Course

In this course, you will learn what an argument is. The definition of argument will enable you to identify when speakers are giving arguments and when they are not. Next, you will learn how to break an argument into its essential parts, how to put them in order to reveal their connections, and how to fill in gaps in an argument by adding suppressed premises. By the end of this course, you will be better able to understand and appreciate arguments that you and other people present. Suggested Readings: Students who want more detailed explanations or additional exercises or who want to explore these topics in more depth should consult Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic, Ninth Edition, Concise, Chapters 1-5, by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Robert Fogelin. Course Format: Each week will be divided into multiple video segments that can be viewed separately or in groups. There will be short ungraded quizzes after each segment (to check comprehension) and a longer graded quiz at the end of the course....

Top reviews

MM

Oct 11, 2016

This course goes super in depth on how arguments work. I learned things in this course that'd I'd never heard of before and it gave me a more critical view on how people say things.

AK

Jul 27, 2019

Many thanks, i have had fun in the course. Material was easy to comprehend and flow easy to follow . I am just giving it 4 stars, as i think more practical examples should be provided

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By Dorothy H

Aug 16, 2016

Hoping that the next sections won't be so laborious and focussed on analyzing texts in detail. If you want to know how to do such things, then this would be a 5-star course for you.

By carolyn k

Jan 9, 2023

I really felt like I needed the book. I did the course

on my phone and the tests had things that were underlined that didn't come across on my phone.

Other than that is was great!

By Wong H Z

May 7, 2020

Some of the examples are useful/helpful in illustrating the concepts, but there are too much time spent on elaborating the unnecessary or repeating the points.

By Ana I R M

Apr 26, 2020

Se ofrece el curso traducido a varios idiomas pero sólo los videos están traducidos. Los cuestionarios y las preguntas emergentes no están traducidas.

By Joanna C

Apr 19, 2020

There should be more written resources available given the volume of content covered. It was a little hard to retain it all by watching the videos.

By Chandana P

Sep 26, 2020

It was interesting but later i found it boring .But it was a good experience.

Walton sir you were very good.Thank you for giving this class.

By Kseniia L

Mar 6, 2018

First part is quite intresting, but then lectures are too long and repetitive. I suppose previous course was much better.

By Charles E D

Feb 16, 2018

One of the questions I got wrong on the final quiz suggest all birds fly as a correct answer, wrong ALL BIRDS do not fly.

By Regina C

Aug 5, 2020

This course was a struggle for me. The quizzes were sometimes hard to follow when it came to breaking down arguments

By Aijaz A

Jun 22, 2020

The course is overly theoretical with little real world application. This is the reason I lost interest.

By Claudia M T

May 3, 2022

Nice topic and great talks and exercises. I just would like more feedback with our own arguments!!!

By KatieD

Oct 24, 2017

Videos cut off before the end and would instantly start replaying from the beginning

By Juliana G T

Jul 22, 2025

mala traduccion al español y se limita la comprension del curso

By Irhanna C P F

Jul 3, 2025

No es como me lo habían platicado al venderme el curso

By Gloria L

Aug 6, 2020

I am not too fond of the examples used

By Marilyn M

May 27, 2020

A lot of "okays?' Interesting class

By Charmaine

Aug 4, 2020

A bit boring, sometimes confusing.

By ZENAIDA H D R

May 22, 2023

Me calificaron mal mi ultimo quiz

By Eliyas

Aug 6, 2025

Wonderful, Final Quiz is so hard

By Roger K

Jul 9, 2020

Pretty heavy on the linguistics

By Emil

Jul 11, 2020

This was a strange course.

By Nicole R

May 22, 2018

Somewhat outdated videos.

By Ricardo S

Jul 13, 2020

No es lo que esperaba

By Constantino F

Oct 3, 2025

Un poco enrevesado

By Deepali

May 17, 2020

Super