What critical thinking involves.

1. your own words, describe what critical thinking involves. Discuss a time in your work life when you needed to use critical thinking. How would you show a potential employer that you have solid critical thinking skills? Find a resource online that helps people increase critical thinking skills, share it here, and give a brief description for your classmates.
2. Select one (1) of the topics from the www.procon.org Website. Summarize the topic and state your position on the issue. From the Procon.org Website, identify three (3) premises (reasons) listed under either the Pro or Con section — whichever section opposes your position. For the three (3) premises (reasons) that oppose your position on the issue, answer these “believing” questions suggested by Elbow: a. What’s interesting or helpful about this view? b. What would I notice if I believed this view? c. In what sense or under what conditions might this idea be true?
3. Explain the meaning of the term ‘argument’ in logic. How does it differ from the second meaning of the term that we commonly use? (Don’t forget to provide your references! Make sure to carefully watch the videos and to refer to them!) Use the Internet to search for an example of an argument in the media, or present an argument you encountered in your daily life. Explain the example: what are the argument’s two parts? Is it a good argument? How can you assess it?
4. Explain the meaning of the term ‘fallacy’ in logic.Use the Internet to locate at least two (2) advertisements that exhibit any of the following fallacies: equivocation, false authority, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, or bandwagon. Post the videos in the discussion. Next, identify and discuss the fallacy used in the selected advertisements: where exactly is the mistake of reasoning being committed? Remember that a fallacy is a faulty argument, so, in order to properly identify the fallacy you need to first identify the argument with its two crucial parts.
5. Go over the three arguments below. (Don’t read your classmates’ posts until you are done with your own work.) Then, choose TWO (2) of them. In each case, identify the argument’s two parts: what is the conclusion? (There may be more than one conclusion in the passage; this means that you could identify more than one argument per passage.) What is or are the premises? (Each premise and each conclusion should be formulated in your own words; each of them must be a simple and complete declarative sentence.) After you identify the argument, answer the following questions: Is this a good argument? What’s misleading about it? Where is the reasoning mistake?

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