MODULE DETAIL : ACADEMIC YEAR 2007/2008, SPECIAL TERM, PART I
Correct as at (10-MAR-2008)

Module Code: GEM1004
Module Title: Reason and Persuasion
Modular Credits: 4
Exam Date: 20-JUN-2008,PM
Pre-Requisite: Nil
Preclusion: PH1101E, PH1102, GEM1004M. Not for students majoring in PH
Cross-listed: PH1101E
Module Description: We focus on two major philosophers: Plato and Descartes. We also look at two problem areas: science and ethics. Our subtitle - reason and persuasion - indicates a thread that runs throughout, tying the bits together. We begin and end with a question: is it wrong to short-circuit people's capacity to reason by means of clever persuasion techniques? (In other words: is advertising immoral?) The rest of the semester is devoted to the nature of the thing it may or may not be wrong to short-circuit. We will ask how and why it is possible for human beings to reason about the world, i.e. do science.
Workload: 2-1-0-1-6
Lecture - Discussion/Tutorial - Laboratory - Assignments - Preparatory Work (hours/week) 
Remark: Nil


Lecture Time Table :
No. Group Time Venue
1 1 TUE 1200-1400 LT14 (EVERY WEEK)
2 1 WED 1400-1600 LT14 (EVERY WEEK)


Discussion Group* Time Table :
No. Group Time Venue
1 DW1 TUE 1500-1600 AS4/0116 (EVERY WEEK)
2 DW2 TUE 1600-1700 AS4/0116 (EVERY WEEK)
3 DW3 WED 1100-1200 AS4/0116 (EVERY WEEK)
4 DW4 WED 1200-1300 AS4/0116 (EVERY WEEK)

Due to unforeseen circumstances, changes may have to be made to the Lecture, Discussion Group* and Examination timetable. Students are advised to check the FASS Homepage (http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg) regularly for updates.
*Previously known as Tutorial