21/1/2014 Assessment CCC8001 Logic and Critical Thinking Topic 1 Introduction: What is Critical Thinking? • Class participation 30% ‐ Attendance‚ participation in class discussions‚ in‐class exercises (Please note that attendance is obligatory for this course) ) • In‐term assignments 30% ‐ Essay writing and short tests • Final exam 40% (30 multiple‐choice and 5 short questions) What are we going to learn in this course? What are we going to learn in this course? We are going to study what reasoning is—
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John Knowles A Separate Peace is thought to be a memoir of the author himself‚ set during the heart of World War Two‚ and the aftermath of those years. The protagonist‚ Gene Forrester‚ a seemingly happy boy‚ hides fear and paranoia within. His best friend and the antagonist of the story‚ Finny‚ is his greatest competition. Throughout their years at school together‚ they become inseparable. But‚ as their friendship grows deeper‚ Gene’s paranoia grows with it. Finny is the schools top athlete and is
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Development of Skills Within the group‚ a large amount of skills were used. The majority of the group used listening skills‚ closed and open questioning skills. Opportunities were available where Probing and reflecting could have been put to practise. Other members of the group displayed passive aggressive behaviours ‚ dictated‚ used aggressive and bullying body / verbal language and actions. In my opinion the members of the group displaying these undesirable traits were not aware they were doing
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this kind women‚ when it is just as easy to see past the evidence and go from what I feel in the heart. As she speaks‚ you can just hear the innocence in her voice as she utters‚ “God knows‚ how entirely I am innocent… and I hope the character I have always borne will incline my judges as a favourable interpretation‚” (Shelley 65). However‚ it is my duty to prove to you why you must not follow your emotions‚ yet rather the staunch evidence stated in this argument. Even though she may use her charm
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confident in the team will be examined in the context of her ethical behavior as well. An early example of Lewis ’ ability to influence behavior is found in the results of her work in operations. She made some initially tough choices‚ but the evidence of all her work is seen in the achievement of the team. It is evident that she employed ethical tactics in building community and respect for the individual. A team that is cohesive enough to set aggressive standards‚ launch training programs and
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official medical voice confirming she was raped. Now if we think‚ that means we never even knew if the raped occured or not. We have no proof to show that Tom Robinson raped Mayella Ewell. As Atticus said “The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson was charged with never took place.” Now why would this case even be brought to court if there isn’t even anything confirmed that she was raped? Just think about
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the Sasquatch‚ Chupacabra‚ and Nessie or more universally called the Loch Ness Monster. Although there has been no official capture of one of these creatures‚ I believe there has to something to the mass sightings by people and the circumstantial evidence that is out there. My focus here is the Loch Ness monster. The Loch Ness Monster is a mythical creature that is said to inhabit Scotland ’s Loch Ness in Great Britain. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the mystery of Loch Ness and provide
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1. The fact of the case Respondent (Schmidt) was a consulting engineer for the appellant company (Kepong Prospecting Ltd). The appellant company was the holders of certain mining leases in respect of deposits of iron ore. They did not work these deposits themselves but allowed them to be worked on tribute by another company named Kepong Mines Ltd. Their business in practice would seem to be confined to collecting the tribute and distributing it to their shareholders after making arrangements
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i. How does the relationship between these two characters develop across the course of the novel? ii. Where were the turning points in this relationship? What accounted for these changes? iii. How does the relationship between these two characters contribute to the story in terms of plot‚ theme‚ or the writer’s craft? The relationship between the two characters started off with Daisy predominantly in control as the two of them starting a detective society with Daisy as the chairman and Hazel as
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it always wrong for anyone to believe anything on insufficient evidence.” (Pojman/Rea 498) This short essay of comparing thoughts and beliefs will compare how Euthyphro by Plato‚ shows the importance of belief in comparison to that of W. K. Clifford in “The Ethics of Belief.” Furthermore‚ it is important to see how the text on Euthyphro’s conversation with Socrates‚ by Plato‚ truly shows that belief is invalid without proper evidence to justify it. Belief is described as a feeling of being sure
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