Course Syllabus College of Humanities CRT/205 Version 8 Critical Thinking Copyright © 2012‚ 2009‚ 2007‚ 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description In this course‚ students develop the ability to think clearly and critically. Practice includes developing writing skills that enable students to clearly present claims to support their conclusions and avoid reinforcing biases. Students are given the opportunity to analyze and discuss various types of media—including
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Use the following questions to guide you through your exploration of logical thinking and arguments. Answer the questions as completely as possible‚ and provide examples where needed. 1. What is a logical argument? A course of methodical reasoning directed to validate the truth or falsehood 2. When and how do we use them? We use logical arguments to create proof to validate a specific point. If a person wants to prove a point they will use logical arguments 3. What parts do they contain
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Today‚ using social media is one of the most common activities of children‚ adolescents‚ and adults. The term social media refers to the websites that are built for interaction among people. These sites include social media websites‚ such as‚ Twitter‚ MySpace‚ Facebook; virtual world and gaming sites‚ such as‚ Second life‚ and Sims‚ Videos websites‚ like YouTube etc. These website provide entertainment and communication to the masses‚ and significant part of these masses‚ is children and adolescents
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In this conflicting viewpoint assignment‚ we had to utilize ProCon.org and other credible sources to further our erudition on different viewpoints. An example of a controversy that held two great viewpoints‚ was whether students should temporally use tablets or textbooks. Tablets are a part of technology and is one of the main objects millennials use today. Books have been around for centuries and have yet to fail us in expanding our learning. “Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse
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Hi Sherry‚ You discovered an interesting example from Obama. You have justified your points‚ providing supportive reasoning behind your thoughts. You were able to link theory with practical application and real-world settings. However‚ remember that in an inductive argument‚ you cannot guarantee the conclusion. A deductive argument follows the if “this” than “that” format‚ so it must be true. Please see my attached comments regarding 1 premise/conclusion issue‚ 1 strict/loose‚ and 3 in part
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The significance of fallacies in critical thinking is important to understand so that clear and concise arguments can be made on a logical‚ factual level instead of one that is proliferated with emotions and illogical reasoning. The basis of these fallacies are dependent on critical thinking according to discussions in which the parties may not agree on a situation or one element is attempting to convince another of making a decision. The point of this type of disagreement is to give reasons in
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ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR MBA 435 SEMINAR 2b Group 10 Mohammed Iftikar Khan ID No. S00009979 Trimester 1‚ 2014 Culture affects our understanding of biographical characteristics and intellectual abilities BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS • Biography: A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life"‚ and graphos meaning "write") is an account of a person’s life. • Biographical characteristics represent many of the SURFACE-LEVEL aspects of diversity that are very easy to identify
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that he conducted his research based on inductive principles. He stated that he had used induction to develop an universal claim by accumulating unbiased observations on a particular subject. However‚ after an investigation of Darwin’s notebooks and his correspondence‚ Ayala realized that Darwin’s methodology of his research was different from what Darwin publicized to the audience. Ayala exposed this contradiction by comparing inductive and hypothetico-deductive methods‚ and relating them to Darwin’s
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How did Bacon’s ideas on reasoning change the way scientific investigation was done? Bacon’s proposed use of inductive reasoning encouraged scientists to come to conclusions by way of data collection. Bacon’s theories on the elements of human reasoning led to advances in the realm of psychology. Bacon’s proposed use of deductive reasoning encouraged scientists to develop conclusions so as to direct data collection. Bacon’s rejection of analogical reasoning produced followers who would
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information relevant to the research question” Polit and Beck (2012). Primary data collection is often equated with quantitative and qualitative research methods. “Quantitative research tends to rely on deductive reasoning for hypothesis testing” while “Qualitative research often relies on inductive reasoning to generate hypotheses and theories” Leacock‚ Warrican & Rose (2009). Keywords: Research design‚ primary data‚ quantitative research‚ qualitative research. Introduction
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