What I liked about the class/ what I did not

My favorite thing about this class was that we can take this class at our own pace and post the blogs anytime before the due date. Since I was booked with homework and classes, this online critical thinking was good. The blogs we had to do were pretty easy to do and I had no difficulty in doing them. My group project with my other team members was fun. Even though I did not meet with them for the first meetings in person. The last one was a good one where all worked together. We all had fun within the group. We got our stuff done efficient and good for a very good grade. 

There were a few things I did not like about this class. I took an online class in the summer and we meet with the teacher a few times. Face time with the students is important, even though it is an online class. Another was the twelve hour in between posts. If someone forgets to do it they are kind of screwed to get full credit.

Generalize

Generalizing can be two very distinct meanings. The first one is we conclude a claim about a population from a claim by a sample. The next is finding the inductive evidence for the generalization. Generalizing also means in a statement to find the key words to see the sample of the statement to show the inductive evidence in a statement. From personal experiences to a mad up story, generalizing shows that  a group of population to sample from. In theory sampling is done with a research of a group of people. For example if you want to sample how many SJSU students are Engineering majors there are a few ways. We can randomly ask 1000 students what there major is and assume Engineering is the greatest. Or get the info from the department and make a percentage who are from the whole school. Generalizing is good in big groups of people and not small, because there is not enough info to generalize what you are trying to research.

What I learned

This class was very helpful to me to learn different types of arguments ad how to approach them. Critical thinking has more in depth about what there is in it. What I thought was most interesting to me was the different types of fallacies to use in an in direct way or not. I did not know how to tell a good argument to a bad one without the help of fallacies. Since they range from Drawing the line - the Strawman, reading the different types will help me define a statement if it is true or false. Another theory I will use is repairing an argument because I put random words that make a statement to be plausible. By adding more depth like so, this, for, given that, theses words can improve my argument to make it more valid. Overall I have learned so much in this class that will help me in life now. 

mission Critical Website

What I found useful to the Mission Critical Website was that it was organize to find the parts of argument and the different types of arguments there are. When you click on a word, it give you an example for the word and the description of how to use it and when to use it. For example when I clicked the “ambiguous and vague”, the website gives you the definition of each word.  Next are a A, B and C section where it gives you a phrase and the next sentence in it.  The website also includes a section fallacies. They list the different types to appeal to loaded questions in the section. This website is really helpful for a person who needs help within the vocabulary. Its simplicity and ease to move around will help me to study for the final by using the Mission Critical website. The only bad thing I did not find useful was that there were some stuff still under construction, which can help now then later.  

Cause and Effect Website

What I found useful for the Cause effect website was that they gave many different examples we use to find a cause effect to a problem or and argument. In the website, they gave an example of a bicyclist who gets hit by a car because he passed a truck when he was opposed to be in the bike lane. So who do we say who’s fault is it. The truck was illegally parked in the parking zone which caused the accident. Second the car’s sudden stop made his client hit him. There are a few ways that the accident could be avoided. If the truck was parked legally. The biker stayed in the bike lane. The lawyers for all persons involved have to tell their side of what happened. The example goes into the trial of what happens next to the effect to what happens. The strengths of the casual argument is : How acceptable the implied comparison is. Likely the cause of causation seems to be. How Credible the claim is. 

1. Types of reasoning

The Reason by Analogy is a comparison becomes reasoning by analogy when it is part of an argument. 

For example: John plays video games all day not going to school. He gets good grades without going to lecture sometimes. Therefore, he is smart and can take advantage of his time. He can survive college if he passes all the exams.

Sign Reasoning 

If the iPhone comes out to Verizon Wireless by next year many will switch over. Then both Apple and Verizon stocks will go up in the first quarter. 

Casual Reasoning 

Tom had homework to do before going to work. He missed the bus from finishing up his homework. Therefore he missed work which lead to him being fired. 

Reason by Criteria 

Tim Lincecum wants to be the best pitcher in MLB history. How about two Cy Youngs and a World Series Champ in less then ten years? 

Reason by Example

Do you like Hip-Hop and Rap? Artist with talent? Then listen to the new Kanye West album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy that comes out Nov 22nd. He blends his beats and artist lyricism in this Genius album of all time. 

Inductive

All my roomate does is play video games and online poker. Therefore he has no friends.

Deductive 

All asians are smart. Studying is a sport for asians. Therefore Asians get good test scores and good grades. 

Indicator Words

 We use indicator words or claims added to a claim to tell the role of the claim in an argument or what the speaker thinks of the claim or argument. These words clarify the argument in which it is  not part of a claim. Some words fro conclusion indicators are: so, thus, it follows that and hence. Premise indicators include: since, because, for, it follows from and given that. The two sets are different when using it to what the speaker thinks of a claim or argument. If the speaker does not use an indicator word, then good English style suggest that the topic concludes the argument. 

Example: Journalists are using YouTube to report the news. So anyone can be a journalist. 

In this example we can say that anyone can be a journalist from a friend to a CNN reporter on YouTube. The only difference is that the ones we see on TV and YouTube is a pay difference of none to salary pay. 

I like to use indicator words to show how my argument can be persuasive enough to another person.