Ashford PHI 103 Entire Course Informal Logic ( New Course January 2014 ).

DOWNLOAD: Ashford PHI 103 Entire Course Informal Logic ( New Course January 2014 ).

PHI 103 Week 1 Assignment Paul and Elder Critical Thinking

PHI 103 Week 1 Assignment Plato or DuBois

PHI 103 Week 1 DQ Viewing Reality

PHI 103 Week 2 Assignment Apology

PHI 103 Week 2 Assignment Argument Outline

PHI 103 Week 2 DQ Arguments in Media

PHI 103 Week 3 DQ 1 Buying a Car Scenario

PHI 103 Week 3 DQ 2 Deductive and Inductive Arguments

PHI 103 Week 4 Assignment Crito

PHI 103 Week 4 Assignment Evaluate an Argument

PHI 103 Week 4 DQ 1 Fallacies in Media

PHI 103 Week 4 DQ 2 Legendary Hoax

PHI 103 Week 5 DQ Create an Argument

PHI 103 Week 5 Final Paper

PHI 103 Week 1 Assignment Paul and Elder Critical Thinking.

DOWNLOAD: PHI 103 Week 1 Assignment Paul and Elder Critical Thinking.

Paul and Elder Critical Thinking. Using the web pages associated with the Foundation for Critical Thinkingwebsite, choose one of the four topics below and respond to the aspects of the prompt in at least 400 words.

The essay must be 400 words in length, excluding title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style. If you would like to refer to APA samples and tutorials, review the APA Checklist within the Ashford Writing Center (https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-apa-checklist.html) located in the Learning Resources tab in the left navigation bar. The only resources you will need to complete this assignment are the web pages of the critical thinking website that relate to your chosen topic. However, if you would like to include other sources, that is encouraged. Just be sure that you utilize the critical thinking web pages as your primary sources of information.

Choose one:

Inference and Assumption

Explain the difference between inference and assumption. Then, present four inferences you have made and connect those inferences to their underlying assumptions. Looking back, which of these were proper inferences, and which were improper inferences? Why? 

Purpose, Point of View, and Decisions

Outline a problem that you currently face or have faced recently. Define the assumptions that you have about this issue. Explain your point of view, and outline the information that you have analyzed in relation to this problem. Finally, explain the implications that have arisen or will arise when you respond to this problem.

Valuable Intellectual Traits

Of the valuable intellectual traits listed in the online readings from this week, identify three of them that you believe you need to strengthen. Explain the traits, and then describe how you will attempt to implement actions in your life that will maximize those intellectual virtues.

Open-Minded Inquiry

Using the online reading “Open-minded Inquiry,” identify what you consider to be the three most important attributes that one must have as he or she approaches problems. Explain why you think these attributes are the three most important, and describe examples from your own life, or from the lives of those you know, in which people failed to display those attributes. 

PHI 103 Week 1 Assignment Plato or DuBois.

DOWNLOAD: PHI 103 Week 1 Assignment Plato or DuBois.

Plato or DuBois. Using this week’s required readings as references, select one of the two topics below and respond to the aspects of the prompt in at least 400 words.

The essay must be 400 words in length, excluding title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style. If you would like to refer to APA samples and tutorials, review the APA Checklist within the Ashford Writing Center (https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-apa-checklist.html) located in the Learning Resources tab in the left navigation bar. This assignment can be completed by using the primary materials related to each prompt. Although you are required to use only one of these corresponding sources, you may choose to supplement your analysis with outside sources.

Choose one:

Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”

Describe the movement of the person in Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” Identify all the stages in this movement and then explain how this allegory relates to your own life. Analyze what Plato is trying to convey about the nature of social reality and the outcomes of that reality for most of us? Finally, examine Plato’s idea about the best type of life. How does one reach this best form of existence? Do you think that Plato’s ideas about the best type of life actually reflect the best type of life? Why or why not? 

Dubois’s “Of the Sons of Master and Man”

What is Dubois’s primary goal in this work? Explain two of the interactive relationships that Dubois examines in this essay. Next, determine how Dubois claims the African American experience differs from or is similar to the White experience in these two relationships. Explain an instance from your own life or the life of someone you know that reflects biased treatment of a certain ethnic group. What were the assumptions of the people who treated others this way and were those assumptions justified? Why, or why not? 

PHI 103 Week 1 DQ Viewing Reality.

DOWNLOAD: PHI 103 Week 1 DQ Viewing Reality.

1. Viewing Reality. Read/view “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave,” the Stephen Brookfield Critical Thinkingvideo, and This is Water by David Foster Wallace video. Ask yourself, “Is there a difference between my perception of reality and reality itself?” Respond to this question while considering the following:
    What preconceptions do I have in my life that might distort my vision of reality (i.e., create cognitive biases)? To help guide your thinking, consider how Dr. Stephen Brookfield’s preconceptions distortedhis vision of reality in the Stephen Brookfield Critical Thinking video or think about the situation of theprisoners in the cave or Wallace’s analysis of the supermarket.
    What are steps I can take to overcome my distorted vision so that I might learn to understand more about the world?
    Who has enhanced my knowledge of reality? Who has manipulated my mind in relation to reality? How can I break free from the bonds of those who seek to manipulate me?
   For this discussion, you are not required to make an initial post. However, if you see there are few initial posts, you are encouraged to begin a discussion thread. You must post to this discussion on at least four separate days of the week and your posts must total at least 600 words as you address the questions noted above. This means that, in order to receive full credit, your first post must be completed by Friday at the latest (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday would satisfy the four day requirement). However, we encourage you to get into the discussion early in the week and begin interacting with your classmates and professor. Remember to post on at least four separate days during the week.  Guided Response: Review your classmates’ posts. Reply to your classmates by offering suggestions for how they can overcome a distorted vision of the world and be confident in their understanding of reality.

PHI 103 Week 1 Journal Critical Thinking – Homeworkmade.

DOWNLOAD: PHI 103 Week 1 Journal Critical Thinking – Homeworkmade.

Critical Thinking. Watch the following required videos for the week:  This is Water By David Foster Wallace Examined Life: Cornel West on Truth The Allegory of the Cave – Plato

 Stephen Brookfield Critical Thinking  Credibility: Critical Thinking Dove – Evolution Commercial 

Reflect back on your completion of the “Critical Thinking Quiz” activity at the beginning of the week. How did you feel about your knowledge of the topics that were covered in the quiz? Having taken the quiz and watched the videos, please explain what you think this course will be about. What are your goals for changing your critical thinking and reasoning skills as a result of what you learn in this course? 

PHI 103 Week 2 Assignment Apology.

DOWNLOAD: PHI 103 Week 2 Assignment Apology.

1. Apology. In Week One, you were introduced to one of the most famous works in philosophy: Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” In another work by Plato, titled Apology, Socrates is on trial. The word apology in this context means defense. Socrates is presenting a defense of himself. In this reading, you will see how Socrates uses critical thinking to defend himself against the charges brought against him and the outcome of his trial. In fact, Socrates is generally recognized as being the founder of critical thinking. The Socratic method of questioning involves examining ideas in order to purify them and understand more about them. As you read the Apology, pay attention to the way that Socrates responds to his accusers and the methods he uses to present the argument that he is in fact innocent.
   The essay must be 400 words in length, excluding title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style. If you would like to refer to APA samples and tutorials, review the APA Checklist within the Ashford Writing Center (https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-apa-checklist.html) located in the Learning Resources tab in the left navigation bar. The only required resource for this assignment is the Apology. This should be the piece that you primarily use to complete this assignment. Secondary sources are welcome but not necessary, and they may not be used in place of the Apology.
   After you have read the Apology, write a 400-word essay in which you:
   1. Identify both sets of charges that were brought against Socrates.
   2. Explain how Socrates responds to these charges, and identify the premises he uses to support his claims
      of innocence. 
   3. 1. Explain what Socrates claims is his role in Athenian society and how he knows that this is his role.
      2. Present your own view of Socrates’ guilt or innocence.
          Would you have voted to convict him or to set him free?  Support your claims with your premises/reasons. 

PHI 103 Week 2 Assignment Argument Outline.

DOWNLOAD: PHI 103 Week 2 Assignment Argument Outline.

1. Please choose one of the following videos:  
2. Peter Singer’s Ethics 
3.  Slavoj Zizek in Examined Life Martin Luther King Jr. on NBC’s Meet the Press in 1965  Alan Keyes v. Barack Obama debate on death penalty

   For this assignment, you will outline at least one of the arguments that you believe are made in the video you selected. In your outline:

   •   Identify the issue that is addressed and the conclusion that is presented.
   •   Identify the premises that are given in support of that conclusion.
   •   Explain whether or not you think the argument is convincing by presenting your reasons for this position.
     If you do not have evidence for your position, you should consult scholarly materials that relate to the position you present.
     Here is an example (found in your online course) of an outline about an argument from the Monty Python Argument Clinic video. Utilize the same structure found in the example, but be sure to provide enough detail to satisfactorily complete all aspects of the prompt.
     There is no minimum word count, but you must include a title page and reference page in APA style. The only required resource for this assignment is the multimedia source you chose to analyze. This should be the source that you primarily use to complete the assignment. Secondary sources are welcome but not necessary, and they should not be used in place of the argument piece you selected.