Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking Browne and Keeley, 2010 The Right Questions… | Critical Question Summary… | What are the issues and the conclusions? | Before you can evaluate an author’s argument, you must clearly identify the issue and the conclusion. How can you evaluate an argument if you don’t know exactly what the author is trying to persuade you to believe? Finding an author’s main point is the first step in deciding whether you will accept or reject it
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Cheating and plagiarism are contrary to the purpose of any educational institution and must be dealt with most severely if students’ work is to have any validity. An instructor who determines that a student has cheated on a test or assignment will at a minimum give a zero for that item and may give a failure for the course. Normally the matter is dealt with by the instructor and the student, but the division chairperson may be consulted by either party to ensure fairness. Plagiarism, which is
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knowledge, improve our theories, and strengthen arguments. We can use critical thinking to enhance work processes and improve social institutions. Some people believe that critical thinking hinders creativity because it requires following the rules of logic and rationality, but creativity might require breaking rules. This is a misconception. Critical thinking is quite compatible with thinking "out-of-the-box", challenging consensus and pursuing less popular approaches. If anything, critical thinking
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Paulo Sison - MKMGT 2D Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with reality, existence,knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Importance of Philosophy By studying philosophy, people can clarify what they believe, and they can be stimulated to think about ultimate questions. A person can study philosophers of the past to discover why they thought as they did and what value their thoughts may have in one's own life. There are people who simply
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Personal Reflection Paper Monique Clement HUM 111 06/24/2012 Arlene Browden What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is the identification and evaluation of evidence to guide decision making. A critical thinker used broad in depth analysis of evidence to make decision and communicate his or her beliefs clearly and accurately. You can say that it is described as “thinking about thinking.” It has also been described in more detail as: “the intellectually disciplined process of actively
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Textual Analysis Philip Morris International The move structure is expository with clearly defined sections for respectively situation, problem, solution and evaluation. Line 2 briefly states the situation and stipulate that litigations are inefficiency and unavailing, whereas lines 5 - 9 elaborate on the matter and describe the problem. The solution is diminutive stated in line 13, and bluntly claim their solution to be correct and de jure. The evaluation starts in line 13 and reaches a interim
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What philosophical principle did Google’s managers adopt when deciding that the benefits of operation in China outweighed the costs? When it comes to the benefits outweighing the cost in China, apparently, Google’s managers adopt utilitarian approach, because according to utilitarian philosophy, “it focuses attention on the need to weigh carefully all of the social benefits and costs of a business action and to pursue only those actions where the benefits outweigh the costs” (Hill, 2009, p. 144)
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Tax Policy Paper Due date: Monday, November 25th Groups: You may work in groups of up to 5 people. You may also work individually if you prefer, but I advise against this for two reasons. First, subjecting yourself to the perspective/critique of others helps you to refine your arguments by exposing you to relevant counterpoints. Though it may take a bit longer, I believe you will find that papers worked on as a group will be more complete, and often more succinct. Second, working in groups
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f) (p → q) → (q → p) A. t f B. f t C. t f f D. f f t t E. t t f f F. t t t t Section 1.2, pages 22–24: #3, #8a,b,c, #24 #3: Translate the given statement into propositional logic using the propositions provided. You can graduate only if you have completed the requirements of your major and you do not owe money to the university and you do not have an
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University of Phoenix Material Critical Thinking Worksheet Chose one of the following scenarios: • You are a member of a group working on a class project. The group members are enthusiastic about the project and arrange a meeting time to begin planning. You forget to mark your calendar and miss the meeting. The group posts a summary of the meeting with assignments and deadlines for the project. You apologize to the group and agree to complete the topic research for the project. You realize
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