Duration of the online course: 14 hours and 39 minutes
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Stronger reasoning changes how you study, write, debate, and make decisions. This mini course helps you build a practical toolkit for thinking clearly in everyday situations and academic tasks, especially when information is messy or persuasive. You will learn to separate what someone is describing from what they are trying to prove, identify the point that a passage is driving toward, and spot the hidden assumptions that often carry an argument. The goal is not memorizing abstract rules, but gaining a repeatable way to test claims and avoid common traps.
Along the way, you will practice reading with purpose: noticing when a text shifts from background context into support, recognizing signal words that change the logical direction, and evaluating whether the evidence truly fits the conclusion. You will also learn to judge the reasonableness of assumptions, which is one of the fastest ways to tell whether an argument is persuasive or shaky. That skill translates directly to school essays, opinion pieces, science reports, and real-world decisions where people present selective facts to push a takeaway.
The course gradually introduces core structures used in logical analysis, including comparisons and the difference between relative versus absolute claims. You will explore the difference between explaining a phenomenon and proposing a hypothesis, and why confusing the two leads to weak conclusions. You will also train yourself to distinguish conditional claims from factual ones, and to handle precise language such as some, not, and not all without losing the thread of meaning. These small words often control the entire argument, so learning to treat them carefully can dramatically improve accuracy.
To make the skills usable, the lessons pair explanations with targeted questions that mirror the kinds of reasoning challenges found in school exams and critical reading tasks. You will get repeated practice identifying main conclusions, dealing with passages that contain multiple viewpoints, and shifting into questions that ask what is most strongly supported by the information given. You will also develop an intuitive grasp of unless statements, embedded clauses, and modifiers—grammar features that can hide key logical relationships.
By the end, you will be more confident in evaluating claims, spotting gaps in reasoning, and constructing arguments that hold up under scrutiny. Whether you are strengthening your performance in school subjects, preparing for more advanced studies, or simply aiming to think more clearly, this free mini course offers a focused, step-by-step path to better logical reasoning.
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 1 - The Empirical Method
03m
Exercise: Based on Aristotle's approach to understanding what a tragedy is, which of the following best represents the process he used?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 2 - Arguments
04m
Exercise: Understanding Arguments in Logical Reasoning
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 3 - Assumptions
05m
Exercise: What is the role of assumptions in an argument?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 4 - Reasonableness of Assumptions
06m
Exercise: In logical reasoning, what determines the strength of an argument?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 5 - Context v. Argument and Referential Phrasing
09m
Exercise: Which word often indicates a shift from context to argument in logical reasoning?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 6 - Formal Logic: Some Not and Not All
17m
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 7 - Main Conclusion - Question 1
17m
Exercise: When evaluating the effectiveness of business measures aimed at increasing productivity, what must be considered to determine if these measures benefit the business as a whole?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 8 - Comparative Statements and Relative v. Absolute
09m
Exercise: Understanding the Concept of Comparative Statements
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 9 - Phenomenon and Hypothesis
05m
Exercise: What is the phenomenon framework used to explain?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 10 - Conditional v. Factual Claims
01m
Exercise: In the context of logical reasoning, what is the main difference between a conditional claim and a factual claim?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 11 - Main Conclusion - Question 2
10m
Exercise: Conclusion in Comparative Novel Analysis
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 12 - Descriptive v Prescriptive Claims
07m
Exercise: What distinguishes 'is' from 'ought' in logical reasoning?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 13 - Main Conclusion - Question 3
19m
Exercise: Which of the following best describes the function of double-blind techniques in scientific experiments?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 14 - Main Conclusion - Question 4
13m
Exercise: What is the geographer's main conclusion about global warming's impact on tropical storms?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 15 - Grammar - Modifiers and Embedded Clauses
24m
Exercise: What are key elements to focus on for understanding complex grammar in this lesson?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 16 - Hybrid Main Conclusion and Most Strongly Supported
03m
Exercise: Which of the following best describes the logical structure shift from 'main point/main conclusion' questions to 'most strongly supported' questions in logical reasoning?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 17 - MC-MSS Question 1
19m
Exercise: What is the most likely action advertisers will take based on consumer psychology insights?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 18 - Intuitive Understanding of Unless
16m
Exercise: Understanding 'Unless' in Conditional Statements
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 19 - MC-MSS Question 2
13m
Exercise: In a debate about the environmental impact of electric cars, if the proponents believe that a transition to electric cars will only have positive outcomes due to the absence of auto emissions, what critical consideration is the opposition likely to raise?
Video class: Logical Reasoning Mini Course - Lesson 20 - Most Strongly Supported Theory and Spectrum of Support
13m
Exercise: What is a key characteristic of 'most strongly supported' questions?
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Dannylo Cardoso Maurício
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