Final schedule/ calender for CIU Critical THinking 2015:

Final schedule/ calender for CIU Critical THinking 2015:

Apr 19	Critical Thinking Fallacies (14)Attacking the person	Critical Thinking Skills, Chapter 6, p. 117; Chapter 6, p.119 Topics: Inconsistent& Illogical
Apr 26	CLO 6- Apply the concepts studied during the course	False Analogy	Assessment 2 & 3 Paper and Presentation (20%)
May 3	CLO 6- Apply the concepts studied during the course	Emotive language	Assessment 2 & 3 Paper and Presentation (20%)
May 10	CLO 1- Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of critical thinking	Misrepresentation                          Presentations	Assessment 3 Critical Thinking Discussion Board
May 17	CLO 1- Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of critical thinking	Presentations                                 Papers due	Final Exam, Definition of CT, Benefits of CT, Barriers to CT, Logical Fallacies
May 24		Test Review and Papers due	Final Assessment Period
May 31	Exam Week - Final exam date to be announced		Final Assessment Period

Today Week 10 (22 April 2015) - exercise #10

Today Week 10 (22 April 2015) - exercise #10

   a)      Lack of consistency in an argument.  Go to Folder week 1 OR handouts - Go to pages 65 – 67.  

      Do the exercises; check the answers. Then, read and ‘Post’ your own examples of:  

D1)         a message that is not consistent

D2)         an argument that is not logically consistent

DQ 6-False Premises / Two Wrongs + Stereotyping - #9

DQ 6-False Premises / Two Wrongs + Stereotyping - #9

In Cotrell's (2005) list of the skills and attitudes involved in critical thinking as a process, she includes "being able to read between the lines, seeing behind surfaces, and identifying false or unfair assumptions" and "recognising techniques used to make certain positions more appealing than others such as false logic and persuasive devices" (p. 2). 

False or unfair assumptions and false logic and persuasive devices are all called fallacies of critical thinking. She gives a complete list of fallacies on page 24 (Cotrell, 2005).

We are going to be working on identifying these fallacies over the next two weeks and identifying them in our presentations and final papers.

Here is an example of a false premise fallacy:

Write it (or copy paste) here. If it's from the web, be sure to put the reference.

Reference

Cotrell, S. (2005). Critical thinking skills: Developing effective analysis and argument (2nd ed.). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Sample:  FALSE Premise

-Gas/ petrol prices go down when production increases , and demand stays the same.

-Currently, world production has increased, therefore, the gas prices in the UAE will go down..  

False premise:  Gas prices in the UAE are NOT linked to production / supply

Add: Two Wrongs - 'My friend cheats on exams, therefore it's ok for me to cheat.'

Stereotyping:  'All ________ are _________..

 

DQ 6-False Premises - Exercise #8

DQ 6-False Premises - Exercise #8

Post 5 of your passage analyses (1 old + 4 new) on your blogs by midnight tonight.. 

We'll discuss the various forms of false premises in day #2..

In Cotrell's (2005) list of the skills and attitudes involved in critical thinking as a process, she includes "being able to read between the lines, seeing behind surfaces, and identifying false or unfair assumptions" and "recognising techniques used to make certain positions more appealing than others such as false logic and persuasive devices" (p. 2).