PHL458
PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking and Society Presentation
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).
Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion. Explain how we use them to form thoughts, and how they may bear on your problem or issue (4 slides).
Identify three hindrances to the critical/creative thinking process. Determine methods for overcoming these hindrances. Identify a hindrance in critical or creative thinking that affected you’re solution or approach to the problem or issue here. Describe a method you could use to overcome the hindrances (3 or 4 slides).
Identify a message in advertising, or a perception related to your problem/issue. Describe how you perceive the message of the advertisement (or problem/issue). Try to determine the reality. Distinguish between your perception and the reality of the message/problem (2 or 3 slides).
Format- PowerPoint Presentation is preferred, with Slides & Speaker Notes, a Title/Introduction Slide, and Conclusion Slide. Be sure to use a variety of illustrations, and try to be creative!
PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays
Write 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 situations.
Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion. Explain how we use them to form thoughts. What role does each play in critically assessing situations?
Identify three hindrances to the critical thinking process. Determine methods for overcoming these hindrances. Identify a time in which you experienced a hindrance in critical thinking. Describe a method you could use to overcome the hindrances.
Identify a message in advertising. Describe how you perceive the message of the advertisement. Try to determine the reality of the advertisement. Distinguish between your perception and the reality of the message.
PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1
Describe the production and judgment phases that you discern in Carlson’s invention.
What obstacles or hindrances did Carlson encounter as he creatively and critically worked on his new idea?
Citing a recent problem you have solved (or issue you tackled), briefly describe these two phases of thinking in your problem-solving.
PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2
Read your case and respond to the following questions in a Post of 200-250 words, and then react to your classmates’ analysis and moral judgments:
2.1 Identify the important moral questions in your case.
2.2 Judge the morality or ethics of the action that was taken, or proposed (explain your thinking or reasoning carefully).
2.3 React to our author’s view of truth.
PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3
3.1 Which of these habits do you observe most in other people in your daily life, and how does it impact you?
3.2 If you had to identify and deal with one of these habits in yourself, which would you target? How do you think this affects other people?
3.3 How might perception differ from reality in either case?
PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative Spark Talk Analysis
PHL 458 Week 2 Team Assignment Think Different Exercise
PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Solve a Problem Journal
PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 1
PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 2
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:
2.1 Describe some strategies employed by your famous thinker to activate his or her imagination, such as uncommon responses, free association, analogy, unusual combinations, visualization, pro and con arguments, and relevant scenarios.
2.2 Analyze the effect that this famous thinker’s creativity has had on society and culture.
2.3 How might this be used or implemented in your problem-solving?
PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 3
3.1 Describe the brainstorm strategy that you used to generate possible approaches or solutions to the problem.
3.2 Which of the investigative means do you think would be most effective in examining this issue (eyewitness testimony, unpublished or published report, expert opinion, experiment, statistics, a survey, observational study, research review, or personal experience- see the text for a discussion of each of these)? Select at least two in your response.
3.3 Share what you believe is your most original approach on the issue, and how you came to your conclusion.
PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Refining Solutions Visual Organizer
PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Solutions Presentation (New)
PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Evaluating Truth and Validity Exercise
PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Evaluating and Refining Resolutions Presentation
PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 1
PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 2
PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 3
PHL 458 Week 4 Individual Assignment Famous Thinkers Paper (2 Papers)
PHL 458 Week 4 Team Assignment Nomination of Creative Hero
PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 1
PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 2
PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 3
PHL 458 Week 5 Team Assignment Persuasive Communication Presentation (2 PPT)
PHL 458 Week 5 Final IQ