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• PHL 458 Entire Course

• PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1

• PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical
  Thinking and Society Presentation
• PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical and
  Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays (2
  Papers)
• PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1
• PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2
• PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3
• PHL 458 Week 2 Individual

• Neurophysiologist research suggests that human
  thinking has two distinct phases which are
  complementary in making decisions or solving
  problems. The first, or production phase, is
  associated with our creative thinking- seeing the
  familiar in a novel way, generating a variety of
  ideas, and a willingness to take imaginative risks

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• PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2

• PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3

• Debating moral questions is important as we seek
  to solve problems or face complex issues in life.
  Our text mentions four working principles, as we
  evaluate the obligations, ideals, consequences
  and circumstances in a situation (Ruggiero, 2009,
  pp. 41-42). Chapter 2 The Basis of Moral
  Judgment Select ONE of the cases included

• Some of the most innovative people were branded
  by their contemporaries as slow learners (Winston
  Churchill), clumsy (Martha Graham), stupid
  (Thomas Edison), or unimpressive (Albert
  Einstein). Yet these individuals persisted in
  developing their creative and critical thinking
  abilities, refusing to define themselves by other
  peoples assessments.

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• PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical

• PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical
  Thinking

•  This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
• ite 150 to 200 words on each of the following
  topics
• Describe a situation of public interest in
  which critical and/or creative thought could have
  been used for a better outcome. Describe why it
  is important to think critically and creatively
  in similar.

• Present on each of the following topics with a
  slide or two/bullet
• Describe a situation in which critical and
  creative thought could have been used for a
  better outcome. This could be a personal or
  societal problem or issue. Describe why it is
  important to think critically and creatively in
  similar situations (2 slides).

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• PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 1

• PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 2

• Looking over a list of the worlds inventions is
  in itself a good reminder that we each stand on
  the shoulders of those who have gone before us.
  It also brings to mind the fact that we take a
  lot for granted. Doing this exercise we may even
  come to think that all the worlds inventions are
  already here and in use. What an interesting
  creativity-blocker that could be!

• This Discussion Question will invite each of us
  to borrow from a Famous Thinker. Select any ONE
  Thinker from our Electronic Reserve Readings list
  who effected social change. Read the article(s)
  for that Thinker, and in a Post of 250 to 300
  words, respond to the following questions

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• PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 3

• PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment

• This Discussion Question will invite each of us
  to do a Controversial Issues Brainstorming
  session. Note that our text makes a key
  distinction between a problem and an issue, both
  of which call us to use our creative and critical
  thinking skills, to come up with innovative
  solutions or novel approaches. Inventors and
  scientists focus more on problems

• Review the entire list of talks on the "Creative
  Spark" TED channel.
• Select one talk that is of interest to you and
  watch it in its entire length.
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary of the salient
  points made in the talk and its supporting
  details that catch your interest.

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• PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 1

• PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 2

• Each of us makes assumptions continually in a
  typical day, and many of them are hidden. Clearly
  this is an important potential obstacle of clear
  or critical thinking. Stephen Covey recognized
  this when he said, We simply assume that the way
  we see things is the way they really are or the
  way they should be. And our attitudes and
  behaviors grow out of these (ThinkExist.com).

• Chapter 11 in our text is about solving problems
  we encounter in our personal, professional or
  vocational lives. Most of us can call up a
  problem that can be worked on from either of
  these domains, fairly easy. Practice in
  problem-solving is also a major goal of this
  course. Select one problem that is current or as
  recent as possible for you in one of these areas

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• PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 3

• PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Evaluating
  Truth

• Chapter 12 in our text helps us critically think
  through arguments and issues we may face in our
  lives. Errors may affect the truth of the issue,
  they may affect the validity of a premise or
  conclusion, or a hidden premise that may
  side-track a solution. Dealing with simple or
  complex arguments takes practice.

•  Select three of the scenarios in the
  Applications list 12.2 (a.-y.) at the end of Ch.
  12 in The Art of Thinking.
• Apply the following in 350 to 500 words for each
  scenario
• Evaluate each argument, using the 4-step process
  described on p. 218, regarding soundness of
  reasoning (truth and validity).

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• PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Refining

• PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Evaluating

• Most great solutions to problems begin with some
  initial flaws. Quality solutions arise by
  refining ideas. Refine your solution to the
  problem defined in your Week Two Individual
  Assignment by following the Three Steps in
  Refining process outlined in Ch. 10 and Ch. 11 of
  your text.
• Produce your refinements using ONE

• Refine your teams solution to the issue defined
  in the Week Two Learning Team Instructions by
  following Ch. 12 (overcoming errors in reasoning)
  and Ch. 13 (refining resolutions) of the text.
• Create an 8- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation.

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• PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Solutions

• PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 1

• Search for problematic societal issues of public
  interest and pick one issue you would like to
  resolve.
• Express the issue you found in your search.
  Refine your expression and include both the
  original and the refined version. Justify your
  revision.
• Investigate the issue by obtaining necessary
  information.

• Select one of the famous thinkers from our class
  supplemental reading, and read the articles
  listed for your person. Then in a Response of 200
  to 250 words, respond to the following questions
  (you may select the same person you researched in
  Week 2)
• How did your person refine his or her solution?