it is important that we as educated American voters as well as critical thinkers take a step back and analyze the things that we are hearing. It is true that one of the main dangers threatening the actual knowledge of an American voter is the media. The media is a wonderful tool. However‚ it also holds power to which no one else can compare. This we know. However‚ There is another danger to be mindful of as critical thinkers. That danger is the speech of the candidates. Often times we get swept up
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13 March 2014 Early Philosophers “Pre-Socratic” or “Mythopoeic” thinkers? The Ancient Greek philosophers played a pivotal role in the shaping of the western philosophical tradition. The Ancient Greek philosophical tradition broke away from a mythological approach to explaining the world‚ and it initiated an approach based on reason and evidence. Initially concerned with explaining the entire cosmos (the universe seen as a well-ordered whole)‚ the Pre-Socratic philosophers strived to identify its
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John Locke‚ an Influential Enlightenment Thinker People wonder who was the most influential enlightenment thinker. But in my opinion‚ the most influential thinker was John Locke‚ because he was a champion of individual and inalienable human rights‚ he came up with the concepts of natural rights that are very common today‚ and his ideas were accepted as the foundations of both the United States of America and English governments. John Locke’s works lie at the foundations of modern philosophical empiricism
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Roger Sperry‚ a Nobel Prize winner‚ initiated the study of the relationship between the brain’s right and left hemispheres. Sperry found that the left half of the brain tends to function by processing information in an analytical‚ rational‚ logical‚ sequential way. The right half of the brain tends to function by recognizing relationships‚ integrating and synthesizing information‚ and arriving at intuitive insights. In other words‚ the left side of your brain deals with a problem or situation
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them through debate and argument. The critical thinker considers conflicting points of view before coming to a conclusion. Strong critical thinkers realize the world is uncertain and for many problems there is not necessarily a clear solution. They are also aware of the limits of their own knowledge and understanding‚ and are willing to allow their ideas and assumptions to be put to the test. There are many attributes that critical thinkers must possess. Reflection‚ debate and open mindedness
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Famous Thinkers PHL/458 Famous Thinkers Many famous thinkers have made an impact on society; however‚ none as much as Dr. King; a people’s man or Warren Buffet; a businessman. After an in-depth analysis of the thinkers and their contributions one will identify the problems each sought to solve‚ the solutions each found‚ and implementation of those solutions. Moreover‚ exploration of each thinker’s social‚ political‚ and personal environments will show how those factors contributed to their
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Famous Creative Thinkers Presentation Lorri Broughton-Kelley PHL/458 October 6‚ 2014 Latrice Phares Famous Creative Thinkers Presentation I choose Carl Sagan as one of the people that I felt has given a great contribution to the world. Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn‚ New York the son of an immigrant worker from the Russian Empire. Name after his mother’s mother. Carl had a sister and his mother was very protective of him. Carl’s mother was
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Many people claim that we‚ the human race‚ are the ones responsible for many of our problems. Some people had very valid predictions. One prediction was made two hundred years ago by Thomas Malthus. An anti-utopian thinker‚ Malthus attributed many growing social problems to the population of the Earth. He directly stated that growth in our population would exceed our food supply. I agree with his views one hundred percent. We are the ones who are killing ourselves. The birth rate of the world is
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Rene Descartes: A Great Thinker of the Western World “I think therefore I am” are the words that come to mind as we encounter the subject of Descartes. We see man full of knowledge and ideas ready to expand and break free. His interest in knowledge and the acquisition of truth itself brought him to doubt all around him‚ including God and his very own existence. He is even considered to be the Father of Modern philosophy because he guided the thinkers of his time to deviate from the Scholastic-Aristotelian
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groups in the statuettes found in his headmaster’s office—Venus De Milo‚ Leopard‚ and The Thinker. The first statuette embodied those who do not question; third-grade thinkers as he likes to call them. Stampede in nature‚ these are the ones that haven’t really understood their core beliefs evidently making them contradict their own beliefs. The second statuette embodied those who question. They—second-grade thinkers—offer a contradiction. The major problem with this group is they question everything which
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