Course curriculum

  • 1

    LANGUAGE

    • The Nature and Function of Language

    • Language and Reality

    • Logical and Psychological Dimensions of Language

    • The Ambiguity of Language

    • Module Quiz
  • 2

    GRAMMAR

    • Introduction to General Grammar

    • Categorematic Parts of Speech

    • Syncategorematic Parts of Speech

    • Function of Grammar

    • Terms and Their Grammatical Equivalents | Classification of Terms

    • Terms and Their Grammatical Equivalents | Difference Between Terms

    • Terms and Their Grammatical Equivalents | The Extension and Intension of Terms

    • Terms and Their Grammatical Equivalents | Definition of Terms

    • Terms and Their Grammatical Equivalents | Division of Terms

    • The Proposition | Definition and Distinctions

    • The Characteristics of Propositions

    • Propositional Forms | A E I O Forms

    • Distribution of Terms

    • The Predicables

    • Sentences and Propositions

    • Relations of Simple Propositions | Conjunction

    • Relations of Simple Propositions | Opposition

    • Relations of Simple Propositions | Eduction

    • Relations of Simple Propositions | The Syllogism
  • 3

    LOGIC & CRITICAL THINKING

    • What is an Argument?

    • Complex Argument Structures

    • Validity and Soundness

    • Deductive, Inductive, and Abductive Arguments

    • Assuring, Guarding, and Discounting

    • Descriptive Vs. Evaluative Language

    • Inductive Arguments and Statistical Generalizations

    • Inference to the Best Explanation | The Seven Explanatory Virtues

    • Analogical Arguments

    • Causal Reasoning

    • Probability

    • The Conjunction Fallacy

    • Informal Fallacies

    • Slippery Slope Fallacies

    • Fallacies of Relevance
  • 4

    RHETORIC

    • Logos: Rational Speech

    • Pathos: Proportionate Emotion

    • Ethos: Credible Character

    • The Aims of the Speaker

    • The Structure of a Speech
  • 5

    THE CREED OF DELIVERANCE

    • Part 1

    • Part 2

    • Part 3 | Ash'ari and Salafi Approaches to Theology

    • Part 4

    • Part 4 | Post-Lesson Considerations

    • Part 5 | Science, Atheists, Ex-Muslims, Salafi, Ash'ari

    • Part 6 | Human Fitrah, Al Ghazali, Attributes of God

    • Part 7 | Proof for God, Science, Atheism

    • Part 8 | Revealed Attributes of God

    • Part 9 | Rationality of Accepting Prophets

    • Part 10 | Poem Recitation (Arabic)
  • 6

    THE CREED OF IMAM AS-SANŪSĪ

    • Introduction

    • Biography of Imam as-Sanūsī

    • Rational Judgement

    • Necessary Attributes of God

    • Impossible Attributions to God

    • Possible Attributions to God | Proofs of the Attributes of God

    • The Messengers

    • The Content of La Ilaha Illa Allah

    • The Content of Muḥammadun Rasūl Allah

    • Conclusion