Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - School of Business and Economics

Trainer: Dr. Anja Berninger

Workshop language: English

Time and venue: 30. & 31.10.2025, 9:00-17:00 on both days; HU Berlin, School of Business and Economics, Spandauer Str. 1, room 112

Workshop description:

Scientists have to give arguments in many different contexts: in their publications, in grant applications, in lab meetings and in conference presentations. Nevertheless, the bases for strong and correct arguments are not always fully clear to them. Logic provides extremely helpful tools for scientists to develop their arguments in a coherent, well-structured and convincing way. The course introduces the most important concepts of logic: premises and conclusions of arguments, validity and soundness of arguments, deductive vs. inductive reasoning, common types of inferences and fallacies. The idea of the course is to use these concepts as a toolbox which provides useful techniques for everyday scientific work. The participants learn how to reconstruct arguments from scientific texts, how to give well-structured and logically valid arguments, and how to avoid misunderstandings. There are two main sets of exercises: one for written argumentation and one for oral argumentation.

Contents

• basic concepts of logic (validity and soundness of arguments etc.) 
• inductive and deductive arguments
• common types of fallacies
• reconstructing arguments from texts
• tips and exercises for written argumentation
• tips and exercises for oral argumentation 

Registration:

Via email to promotion.wiwi@hu-berlin.de until 22.10.2025 at the latest.

Following repeated absences from previous events of the Graduate Centre without excuse or cancellations at very short notice, persons who register for events and are absent without excuse or at very short notice (3 working days before the event) without a medical certificate will be excluded from the events offered by the Graduate Centre for one year.