John Butterworth and Geoff Thwaites pl e Thinking Skills Sa m Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Second edition (c) Camrbridge University Press 2013 9781107606302pre_pi-iv.indd i 1/28/2013 6:26:27 PM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge‚ New York‚ Melbourne‚ Madrid‚ Cape Town‚ Singapore‚ São Paulo‚ Delhi‚ Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building‚ Cambridge CB2 8RU‚ UK www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781107606302 © Cambridge University
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HOW TO WRITE PHILOSOPHY PAPERS (THAT DON’T SUCK) Manuel Vargas Last updated 09.08.14 Summary: This handout covers information that can prevent you from writing an especially bad philosophy paper. Yes‚ this handout is long‚ but that’s because there is a lot to know. Section one of the handout covers the general principles for writing philosophy papers. In section two‚ it makes explicit the six elements needed for any paper you will submit in this course (this is a particularly important section‚ especially
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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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Assignment: Developing Critical Thinking Irene ThomasManagement 5 January 22‚ 2014Assignment Task Developing Critical Thinking By Irene Thomas Introduction This assignment will be covering the following topics Beliefs‚ values and attitudes Developing critical thinking Management versus Leadership “If you want something in life you have to work for it” has always been one of my values and beliefs that have stuck to me everywhere I go. This to me is
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I. Influence of six thinking hat in logic thinking The priority value of using six thinking hats is that it allows us to have a clear idea of what role we are playing while solving problems. The obstacle we face while thinking is self- defense‚ it may lead to wrong decisions making because of thinking unclearly. Most of the practical errors we made are caused by the restriction of thinking. With those six hats‚ we can say and think things without considering risking the ego. We disguised any role
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Week 3 Individual Assignment - Rebuttal Paper BCOM/275 – Critical Thinking Patty Haynes 07/24/13 Virginia Carter The Rolling Stone magazine has recently been met with a slew of angry outbursts and boycotting for placing the well-known‚ suspected Boston Bombing Terrorist‚ Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover this month. The magazine is under scrutiny not just for placing his picture on the cover‚ but for how the picture portrays the suspect. Tsarnaev’s photo is a very glamorous‚ dreamy eyed‚ tousled
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Week 2 Lesson 1 Critical Thinking Amanda Pochatko Obstacles to CT Critical Thinking is hard and requires awareness‚ practice‚ and motivation Two main categories of obstacles Psychological (how we think) Philosophical (what we think) Psychological Obstacles No one is immune to these types of obstacles Our fears‚ attitudes‚ motivations‚ and desires all play into this category of obstacles Can be countered with awareness 1 Week 2 Lesson 1 I often doubt my view of things. I don’t
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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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How to Write a Philosophy Paper Shelly Kagan Department of Philosophy 1. Every paper you write for me will be based on the same basic assignment: state a thesis and defend it. That is‚ you must stake out a position that you take to be correct‚ and then you must offer arguments for that view‚ consider objections‚ and reply to those objections. Put another way: you must give reasons to believe the central thesis of the paper. Some of you may have never written a paper like this before. So let
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characterized by tolerance‚ physical dependence and/or pathological organ changes‚ all of which are the direct/indirect consequence of the alcohol ingested (Light 5). Alcoholism‚ also known as "alcohol dependence‚" can be recognized by four obvious symptoms. The four symptoms of alcoholism are loss of control‚ craving‚ physical dependence‚ and tolerance. Loss of control‚ which is the inability of an individual to limit his or her alcohol consumption‚ usually occurs when a person has experienced or
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