Lateral thinking: Think of various solutions to a given problem
It is noon, your lunch hour, but you cannot go out because there is a terrific hailstorm. Turning on your radio you hear the weathercaster predict that the hail will change to rain and that it will pour all day today. How can you determine whether the sun will be shining in 36 hours? Justify your answer.
Question: Using the rules of validity, show what syllogisms are valid, when the conclusion is O. ------------------------------------------------------ This is the correct answer of the same question, but with the conclusion being I (it is preferred to have the answer in this format, showing the rules that applied to ea ...continues
critical thinking questions and issues
Recently, the Vice President (“VP”) of the Marketing Department at American Motors (“AM”), a fictitious large automobile manufacturing company, studied methods for increasing AM’s market share of electric cars. Industry sales figures showed that AM ranked third behind the number of electric cars sol ...continues
Active Learner / Critical Thinker & Managing Stress...
How does formulating questions while listening make one an active learner and critical thinker? Does formulating questions as one listens help one to observe or evaluate the material better? How does questions asked assist a presenter and help them prepare for future presentations? List the types of college-related sit ...continues
For each of the following arguments, try to think of some critical information that could weaken or discount the conclusion. How could the argument be expressed to eliminate the weakness? 1. Generally, women prefer men of high status. Celestina is a woman. Therefore, Celestina probably prefers men of high status. 2. Generally, T ...continues
The following are examples of syllogistic arguments that are missing the conclusions. Study the two reasons very carefully and complete the syllogism with the conclusion that logically follows. 1. All fragile things are breakable things. Some glasses are fragile things. Therefore 2. All mammals are warm-blooded animal ...continues
How does logic fit into our thought processes
Many people think of logic alone when they think of critical thinking. One has to be aware of emotion,s stereotyping, and enculturation. what is the role of logic in all of this. How does logic fit into our thoght processes?
A young mans car developed a flat tire
A young man's car developed a flat tire as he was driving along a deserted street. He pulled over to the curb and did all the usual things: removed the hub cap, unscrewed the lugs and rested them carefully in the hub cap, jacked up the car. As he was putting the spare tire onto the axle he accidently kicked the hub cap. The l ...continues
Reasoning and Critical Thinking problem
It is noon, your lunch hour and you cannot go outside due to the fact it is hailing and raining. You radio weather man says the hail will turn to all rain and it will continue to rain for the remainder of the day. How can one determine if hte sun will be shining in 36 hours. Justify the answer.
There was a proposal in the erly part of this country tht people with college degrees should have two votes, everyone elso one. I have tried to research this and cannot find anything. I need some ideas for argument for this issue and some against it. Can you help me.
