Name _Jordan Peterson___________ Critical Thinking Week 2 Homework (50 pts) 1. (12 pts.) Label each definition with the appropriate name of the fallacy from the following list. (Note there will be two fallacy names that are not used.) Ad hominem/attacking the person | Ad ignorantiam/appeal to ignorance | Ad populum/appeal to the people | Ad misercordiam/appeal to pity | Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning | Equivocation | Red Herring | Straw Man | A. Sliding from one
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Running head: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE VERSUS LITERAL LANGUAGE 1 Figurative language versus literal language Abdoul Bah Professor Ed. Yancey Critical Thinking-PHI 210 01/22/2013 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE VERSUS LITERAL LANGUAGE 2 The terms listed below will be defined and their function will be given with an example for each one. This assignment is to help understanding and using these terms in the logical and proper way. "Every
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University of Phoenix Material Critical Thinking Worksheet Choose one of the following scenarios: You are a member of a group working on a class project. The group members are enthusiastic about the project and arrange a meeting time to begin planning. You forget to mark your calendar and miss the meeting. The group posts a summary of the meeting with assignments and deadlines for the project. You apologize to the group and agree to complete the topic research for the project. You realize
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commonly used to attempt to persuade without argument. Concealed claim contain dubious claim to a loaded question‚ such as “When did you stop beating your wife?”. The answer may conceal the fact which called as concealed argument. Source: Critical Thinking & Information Literacy across the curriculum‚ Retrieved from: http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/lmc/ilac/Curric/kint/phil7.htm Answer (iii) In the principle of rational discussion‚ we have to assume several things such as the person who is discussing
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Defining Critical Thinking Critical thinking is defined in many different ways. There may possibly be as many definitions of the phrase as there are ways of thinking. Definitions of some objects are interpretive. The base idea of critical thinking is that two people given the same problem with the same facts‚ when asked to interpret the scenario‚ will sometimes draw slightly different conclusions (Dictionary.com). The definition of critical thinking can be varied. There are a few definitions and
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Reevaluation of My Critical Thinking HUM/114 Reevaluation of My Critical Thinking When I first discovered I would be enrolled in a Critical Thinking class‚ I felt it was just another boring class that makes me a more rounded student. I soon discovered that I would be challenge to evaluate my day-to-day thinking‚ choices I have made in life‚ how to better understand and evaluate my future decisions. Critical Thinking is a discipline of thinking that is clear‚ rational‚ open minded and informed
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Critical Thinking Week 1 Assignment: Critical Thinking Describe a situation in which critical and creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations. While working at an agency‚ it was decided that the company should introduce a work-order form that would ease the load of work that was done by the administrative
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The Disparity Between Intellect and Character Melisse A. Powell Basic Critical Thinking Instructor Krista Bridgmon 3). How would you explain the fact that morally evil people can be highly educated in terms of ethics and religion? In other words‚ how do you account for the gap that sometime occurs between knowledge of ethics and being an ethical person? The difference between the knowledge of ethics and being an ethical person‚ is that ethical knowledge is knowledge that can be taught
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Multiple-Choice Items that Demand Critical Thinking · Premise - Consequence Analogy Case Study Incomplete Scenario Problem/Solution Evaluation Premise - Consequence Students must identify the correct outcome of a given circumstance. Example: If nominal gross national product (GNP) increases at a rate of 10% per year and the GNP deflator increases at 8% per year‚ then real GNP: a) Remains constant. b) Rises by 10%. c) Falls by 8%. d) Rises by 2%. Note: To increase the difficulty
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University College of the Caribbean Bsc. Human Resource Management (Group B3 Sunday) Prepared as partial fulfillment of the course Critical thinking Lecturer: Ms. Sherrell R. Wilson Presented by: Andrew Onfroy BS08-12468HR3 Date of submission: November 7‚ 2010 The article was written by distinguished veteran journalist‚ Clare Forrester. Ms Forrester received an award in 2006 from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) for effective leadership and was praised in the citation
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