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PHL 458 Entire Course

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• PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical Thin
  king and Society Presentation
• PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical and 
  Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays (2 Paper
  s)
• PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1
• PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2
• PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3
• PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative Spar
  k Talk Analysis
• PHL 458 Week 2 Team Assignment Think Different Exe
  rcise
• PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Solve a Probl
  em Journal
• PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 1
• PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 2
• PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 3

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PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1

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• 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 the second, or judgment phase, kicks in
  our critical thinking, as the mind goes to work
  evaluating, distinguishing fact and evidence from
  sense impression, and running the tests of logic
  to apply what has been produced (Ruggiero, 2009,
  pp. 7-8). Chapter 1 The Brain Mind at Work

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PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2

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• 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 in
  our text on pages 46-47 Application 2.6 at end
  of CH 2, using the following criteria If your
  last name starts with AJ, you are assigned Case
  A. If your last name starts with KR, you are
  assigned Case B. If your last name starts with
  SZ, you are assigned Case C.

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PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3

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• 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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• That process of being exposed to society- home,
  neighborhood, church, school, and so on, is
  called acculturation. The author of our text
  encourages us to examine the values and beliefs
  we have assumed to be true Make your beliefs
  prove themselves, not on the basis of their
  familiarity or their compatibility with other
  ideas, but on their reasonableness in light of
  the evidence (Ruggiero, 2009, p. 54). Chapter
  3 Habits That Hinder Thinking

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

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• Write 150 to 200 words on each of the following to
  pics
•  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 impo
  rtant to think critically and creatively in simila
  r situations.
•  Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion.
   Explain how we use them to form thoughts. What ro
  le does each play in critically assessing situatio
  ns?
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PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical
Thinking and Society Presentation

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• 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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• 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).
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PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 1

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• 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! Then delving
  into the mind of any inventor exposes us to the
  very creative process itself, to the ways
  critical thinking shaped original ideas, and to
  the interesting steps that brought an innovative
  idea to market. Even the naming of an invention
  can in itself invite us into the creative
  process!
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PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 2

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• 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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• 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 thinkers
  creativity has had on society and culture.

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PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 3

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• 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, while
  politicians, parents and leaders address human
  issues.
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• Select ONE of the following issues and do a quick
  Internet search for some background on it
• The fast-food industrys relation to obesity
• Granting rights to illegal immigrants
• Auto accidents caused by cell phone use
• Restoring voting rights to rehabilitated felons
• Regulation of abortions at state versus federal
  level

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PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative
Spark Talk Analysis

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•  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.
• Indicate the name and position of the speaker and
  the location and year of the talk in your
  summary.
• Conclude your summary with a reflection of the
  following
• How the talk's content illuminates some of the
  stages of creativity
• How the topic of the talk relates to the concepts
  of imagination and curiosity
• How some of the points made in the talk might
  apply to your personal experience and benefit
  society as a whole
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Solve a
Problem Journal

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• Create a Solution Journal in which you use the
  creative process to solve a problem with which
  you have experience. Include the following
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• Describe each stage in the creative process using
  Ch. 5 of your text (Entry 1).
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• Search for a personal challenge. Explain how you
  used the techniques to develop curiosity in your
  search (see Ch. 6) (Entry 2).
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• Express the problem created by this personal
  challenge (see Ch. 7). Refine your expression of
  the problem by considering multiple perspectives
  and deciding which expression is best. Include
  both the initial and the refined version. Justify
  your revision (Entry 3).

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PHL 458 Week 2 Team Assignment Think Different
Exercise

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• In 1997, Apple, Inc. supported its "Think
  Different" marketing campaign with a 1-minute
  commercial featuring black-and-white footage of
  17 iconic 20th-century personalities. The
  commercial was conceptualized by the Los
  Angeles-based advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day.
• Find a copy of this commercial, also known as the
  "Crazy Ones" commercial, on the Internet and
  watch it.
• Identify the 17 individuals shown in the
  background and, as a team, discuss the following
  questions
• What did each of the individuals contribute to
  the world?
• How was each of these contributions rooted in
  creative thinking that is, how did each change
  existing paradigms of seeing or experiencing the
  world?
• Are there defining characteristics shared among
  all or most of the individuals?
• What is the value of imagination and thinking
  outside the box with regard to their
  contributions?

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PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 1

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• 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).
  Marshall McLuhan called us to an ongoing review
  of our assumptions Most of our assumptions have
  outlived their usefulness (ThinkExist.com).
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PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 2

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• 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
  (or if you cannot come up with one, select one
  problem covered in Chapter 11), and in a post of
  200 to 250 words, respond to the following
  questions
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• State the problem concisely, using enough detail
  as you feel is needed, but changing names or
  places if necessary to keep confidences.
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• Apply the three major problem solving steps
  covered in this chapter, aiming to propose a
  solution to you problem, that logically follows
  the steps used.
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• How would you evaluate the effectiveness of the
  solution you are proposing?
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PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 3

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• 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.
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• Select ONE of the Applications on pp. 222-224,
  and practice your creative and critical skills by
  responding to the following questions, for that
  Application
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• Share the Application you selected. If you think
  it is a complex argument, identify the parts, and
  state whether you think there is a hidden premise
  implied.
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• Evaluate the argument and decide whether you
  think it is sound or not. Explain
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• Select ONE of the errors discussed in this
  chapter that you observe most in persuasive
  situations. How do you react to it when you
  confront it?
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PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Evaluating
Truth and Validity Exercise

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• 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).
• Explain your assessment and add alternative
  argumentation where necessary.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Refining
Solutions Visual Organizer

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• 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 form of Visual
  Organizer (see below). Include the following
  components in your Organizer
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• Original issue
• Initial solutions
• Critical examination of best solution
• Evaluation of the argument
• Revised argument
• Refined solution with implementation plan
• Final solution
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PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Evaluating and
Refining Resolutions Presentation

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• 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.
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• Create an 8- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint pr
  esentation.
• Use detailed speaker notes to describe your
  teams experience at each stage, and post
  Presentation as instructed. 
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• Include one or two slides on each of the
  following
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• Original issue
• Initial resolutions
• Critical examination of best resolution
• Evaluation of the argument
• Revised argument
• Refined resolution with implementation plan
• Final resolution
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PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Solutions
Presentation (New)

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• 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. List the questions you must answer
  to understand the issue.
• Conclude your investigation with a thorough
  explanation of the issue, including answers to
  each of the questions you identified.
• Produce ideas toward resolving this issue. Take
  note of all of your initial ideas--whether you
  think they are ridiculous or serious is not
  important.
• Discuss the two ideas that you think are the most
  imaginative, original, and positive potential
  solutions to the issue.
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PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 1

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• 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)
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• How did your person refine his or her solution?
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• How did he or she recognize and overcome
  difficulties and opposition to this solution?
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• Respond to one of the following How did the
  discovery or revolution your person brought into
  being relate to the creative process how was his
  or her contribution communicated to society? Or
  what strategies of persuasion were used?
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PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 2

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• Survey the list of Problem-solving Strategies
  posted in the class Materials forum. You may want
  to refer to a website which explores many of
  these methods or techniques used in business or
  problem-solving to address complex issues or
  problems (www.mindtools.com). Select just one of
  these Strategies and in a Response of 200 to 250
  words, respond to the following
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• 2.1  What is the nature of the strategy you
  selected (define and describe it)?
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• 2.2  Give one good example of the application of
  this strategy to a problem or issue you have
  selected for this exercise
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• 2.3  Comment on when and in what kinds of
  situations, this strategy might be employed
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• 2.4  Analyze this strategy in terms of its
  creative or critical power
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PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 3

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• 3.1 The history of philosophy is full of minor
  and major philosophers who have used deductive
  logic to address the tough perennial questions of
  life related to metaphysics (what is real),
  epistemology (what is true), and ethics (what is
  the good life). Some of the issues they have
  responded to have been quite esoteric, such as
  where or how the human brain connects with the
  mind and thinking process (Plato Descartes).
  Many of the early philosophers tried to explain
  how life changes, but also maintains some
  continuity (Pythagoras Socrates). Others
  wrestled with the question of how to create and
  administer a just society (Kant Rawls). Some
  have explored the interesting nature of being,
  and how to be true to that essential nature
  (Spinoza Heidegger). Many have debated and
  explored the nature of language and how it
  impacts society and power (Wittgenstein
  Foucault). And others have made as their major
  project the creation of a new man who transforms
  society, hopefully for the better (Hegel Marx).
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PHL 458 Week 4 Individual Assignment Famous
Thinkers Paper (2 Papers)

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• Select and read the articles about two famous
  thinkers in the Week Four Electronic Reserve
  Readings. Find additional articles in the
  University Library or on the Internet.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper. Include the
  following
• Information about the thinkers contributions to
  society
• Each thinkers personal/ social/ political
  environments and how you think these factors
  contributed to their creativity
• The problems or issues that their ideas sought to
  solve
• A description of the solutions, and how their
  ideas were implemented
• The creative process of each thinker and a
  comparison of the two creative processes
• A critique of their ideas and what could they
  have done differently
• Include at least four references.
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PHL 458 Week 4 Team Assignment Nomination of
Creative Hero

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• Brainstorm your own list of individuals known as
  highly creative thinkers (not mentioned in the
  University of Phoenix Material Creative Genius
  List for this week's individual assignment).
• Select, as a team, one creative thinker who
  changed the way people saw and/or experienced the
  world.
• Summarize, in 350 to 500 words, thisindividual's
  contributions and make a solid argument for why
  he or she should be included in any list of
  important creative thinkers.
• Include a brief comparison to the thinkers your
  team members selected for their individual
  assignments this week Do they share similar
  creative processes and/or environments?
• Format your assignment consistent with APA
  guidelines.

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PHL 458 Week 5 Final IQ

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• Most of us do not think about our legacy in our
  twenties or thirties or forties. Somewhere in our
  fifties, or at midlife, we begin to wonder what
  our legacy will be to our kids, our family, our
  community and workers, and our world. Legacy can
  be defined as .
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• Our use of what we have learned in this course,
  critical and creative thinking skills and
  methods, does have something to do with our
  legacy. 

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PHL 458 Week 5 Team Assignment Persuasive
Communication Presentation (2 PPT)

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• Use the issue addressed in your previous Learning
  Team Activity and Assignment.
• Select the most appropriate format to persuade
  your intended audience of the resolution to your
  issue. Possible formats include a political
  campaign, a city council proposal, an editorial
  article, a commercial, a radio-style podcast, a
  comprehensive political pamphlet, an interactive
  game, a website, and so forth.
• Explain why you chose your format for your
  intended audience.
• Create a presentation of your message as you
  would present it to your intended audience.
  Include the following in your presentation
• Consider possible reasons your audience might
  reject your ideas. Address anticipated audience
  objections to your proposal.
• Devise strategies for persuading your audience to
  accept your proposal and incorporate that
  persuasion in your presentation of the message.
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PHL 458 Read, Lead, Succeed/Uophelpdotcom

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