PHL251 Critical Thinking
Course Description
This five-week course in critical thinking and informal logic helps students develop the ability to reason clearly and critically. It includes an introduction to the disciplines of inductive and deductive logic, fallacious reasoning, and problem-solving techniques. Emphasis is placed on the identification and management of the perception process, use of assumptions, emotional influences, and language in various forms of business communication.
Topics and Objectives
Thinking
- Describe thinking.
- Illustrate how personal barriers impede thought.
- Evaluate thoughts.
Creative Thinking
- Express ideas using metaphors.
- Organize information using natural and mental orders.
- Evaluate creative thought.
Logical Thinking
- Explain logical arguments.
- Construct logical arguments.
- Evaluate logical arguments.
Problem-Oriented Thinking
- Describe the use of scientific thinking.
- Explain the uses of persuasive thinking.
- Solve problems.
Action
- Reconstruct decision-making processes.
- Evaluate decisions.
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