Theory of Knowledge 07 February 2012 How can beliefs affect our capacity to reason well and to recognize valid arguments? Can they affect a person ’s capacity to distinguish between fallacy‚ good argument and rationalization? What is the difference between a rational argument and a rationalization? Reasoning is known as the process of forming conclusions‚ judgments‚ and inferences from facts or premises ("_reasoning_"). Being able to reason is a trait any developed adult with a small background
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Ethics‚ simply put is one’s belief about what is good or bad. It is also refer to as moral philosophy. There are two perspectives that help define our knowledge or awareness of moral values or moral reason: ethical subjectivism and ethical egoism. Ethical subjectivism states that morality is merely about feelings‚ attitudes and beliefs‚ none of which are objectively justified or any better than others. For example‚ in the forefront in American politics today some feel that women have the right to
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Paper EDUS 301: Critical Thinking By Ashita Bhatt According to Webster ’s New World Dictionary‚ literacy is defined as the ability to read and write. Every man should be a literate citizen of the world. The importance of literacy is obvious. One sees words everywhere – on signs‚ in training manuals‚ on buses‚ in books. Adults who cannot read risk becoming isolated from the society. Illiteracy affects their ability to find jobs‚ and ultimately‚ their very survival. That is why it is so important
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she will be bad mood most of the time‚ she will not have time for her home and children‚ and can’t have fun time because she is busy every weekend. The first reason against working is that they mothers have less time to rest because they have two jobs their home and the work. They are in a bad mood all day because of the pressure of working at a business. Because they haven’t time to fun or visit family and friends‚ they become in a gloomy mode. Working mothers most of the time be in a bad mood
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bus; mostly what you see is people’s eyes glued to their phone screens. Once you leave class‚ the first thing a student mostly does look at is their phones. Often people who are in the same room are texting each other. What happened to communicating face to face. Are humans losing their communication skills due to the outburst of technology being surrounded by us on a daily basis? “Most children and teens spend 75 percent of their waking lives with their eyes fixed on a screen‚ according to a recent
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New Topics for Critical Thinking Project Sustainable development becomes a challenge because we have conflicting needs. We want fresh‚ clean air to breathe but we also want to buy cars We want to conserve forests but we need trees to build houses We want to swim in clean waters but we need factories. Factories usually use water from rivers to power machinery or to cool down machinery How do we balance conflicting needs? What are the important steps that have to be undertaken to achieve the
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✵ Argumentation and Debate Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making TWELFTH EDITION AUSTIN J. FREELEY Late‚ John Carroll University DAVID L. STEINBERG University of Miami Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making‚ Twelfth Edition Austin J. Freeley‚ Late David L. Steinberg Publisher: Lyn Uhl Executive Editor: Monica Eckman Assistant Editor: Kimberly
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CRITICAL THINKING This handout is available in an alternative format on request WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING? Critical thinking is a higher order of thinking: it is the practice of using a number of different advanced thinking skills in a variety of complex ways. Critical thinking focuses on thought: it looks at how facts are proven‚ arguments are formed‚ conclusions are reached‚ not just what the facts‚ argument or conclusion may be. Critical thinking is self-reflexive:
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RECONSTRUCTING ARGUMENTS Deductive and Inductive Here we are to learn the techniques for PART I‚ Making a Critique- i.e.‚ argument reconstruction‚ by doing the following “steps”: 1. Read the discourse; 2. Number and Bracket arguments; 3. Write an Index of Claims; and 4. Tree-Diagram the arguments. What is critiquing? Benjamin Samuel Bloom (1913 – 1999) - the creator of Bloom’s Taxonomy (1956) following a framework for categorizing educational goals: Taxonomy of Educational
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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ the word "argument" means "A statement or series of statements for or against something‚" or "A discussion in which people express different opinions about something‚" or "An angry disagreement." I completely agree with these definitions‚ except there is more to the word that may be very hard to explain. the word argument is an abstract word‚ meaning it is an intangible thing. No one can hear‚ see‚ touch‚ smell and‚ or taste an argument‚ However‚ when
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