Evaluation Career Choice: Arguments
Student Name
HUM/111
March 2, 2014
Jonathan Squyres, MA, LPC
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The Arguments
Your mother: “You should consider a career in education. It is the best way to make a difference in the world.”
Your father: “You should consider a career in business. You will have infinite career options.”
Your best friend: “You should consider a career in information technology. No other degree concentration is as innovative.”
Your grandmother: “You need to select a career you love and enjoy no matter the pay scale. If you love your work you will be happy.”
Assignment Directions: Imagine you are at a point in life where you must select a career. You will be evaluating the arguments above within this PowerPoint presentation.
This is the speaker notes section. You will be answering the questions in this section. Please read the directions concerning how to complete the slides on the next page.
If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call or send me a message in your Individual forum.
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Compelling & Logical
IMPORTANT: On this slide and all remaining slides, you will remove the directions within the slides and provide major points.
Please leave the directions listed in the speaker notes.
Review Chapter 12 of The Art of Thinking.
Identify the two most compelling arguments that were presented.
List one that had a logical error in it, but which you still thought was important.
Identify the two most compelling arguments that were presented in Slide 2. (These are the two arguments that you will use for the rest of the assignment.)
1.
2.
Why did you select the two arguments above as the most compelling? (25- to 50-words)
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Errors in Truth
Review Chapter 12 pages 209-213 of The Art of Thinking.
Were there any errors in truth with the arguments you selected? Describe what those errors were and what made them errors.
Describe the errors in truth that you identified in the two arguments you selected and what made them errors. (25- to 50-words)
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Errors in Validity
Review Chapter 12 pages 213-215 of The Art of Thinking.
Were there any errors in validity with the arguments you selected? Describe what those errors were and what made them errors.
Describe the errors in validity that you identified what made them errors. (25- to 50-words)
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Revise & Remove
Review Chapter 12 page 215-216 of The Art of Thinking.
Revise the arguments to remove all errors. Restate them in a logically sound way.
Originals:
1. Your mother: “You should consider a career in education. It is the best way to make a difference in the world.”
2. Your father: “You should consider a career in business. You will have infinite career options.”
3. Your best frie ...
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The Arguments
Your mother: “You should consider a career in education. It is
the best way to make a difference in the world.”
Your father: “You should consider a career in business. You
will have infinite career options.”
Your best friend: “You should consider a career in information
technology. No other degree concentration is as innovative.”
Your grandmother: “You need to select a career you love and
enjoy no matter the pay scale. If you love your work you will be
happy.”
4. Assignment Directions: Imagine you are at a point in life where
you must select a career. You will be evaluating the arguments
above within this PowerPoint presentation.
This is the speaker notes section. You will be answering the
5. questions in this section. Please read the directions concerning
how to complete the slides on the next page.
If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call or
send me a message in your Individual forum.
2
Compelling & Logical
IMPORTANT: On this slide and all remaining slides, you will
remove the directions within the slides and provide major
points.
Please leave the directions listed in the speaker notes.
Review Chapter 12 of The Art of Thinking.
Identify the two most compelling arguments that were
presented.
List one that had a logical error in it, but which you still
thought was important.
6. Identify the two most compelling arguments that were presented
in Slide 2. (These are the two arguments that you will use for
the rest of the assignment.)
1.
2.
Why did you select the two arguments above as the most
compelling? (25- to 50-words)
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7. Errors in Truth
Review Chapter 12 pages 209-213 of The Art of Thinking.
Were there any errors in truth with the arguments you selected?
Describe what those errors were and what made them errors.
8. Describe the errors in truth that you identified in the two
arguments you selected and what made them errors. (25- to 50-
words)
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Errors in Validity
Review Chapter 12 pages 213-215 of The Art of Thinking.
Were there any errors in validity with the arguments you
selected? Describe what those errors were and what made them
errors.
9. Describe the errors in validity that you identified what made
them errors. (25- to 50-words)
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Revise & Remove
Review Chapter 12 page 215-216 of The Art of Thinking.
Revise the arguments to remove all errors. Restate them in a
logically sound way.
10.
11. Originals:
1. Your mother: “You should consider a career in education. It
is the best way to make a difference in the world.”
2. Your father: “You should consider a career in business. You
will have infinite career options.”
3. Your best friend: “You should consider a career in
information technology. No other degree concentration is as
innovative.”
4. Your grandmother: “You need to select a career you love and
enjoy no matter the pay scale. If you love your work you will be
happy.”
Please revise the two arguments you chose:
1.
2.
Explain your revisions in a total of 100- to 150-words.
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Summary & Evaluation
Review Chapter 12 page 217-218 of The Art of Thinking.
Identify the steps you used in evaluating these arguments. Will
these steps work with all arguments? Why or why not?
12. Identify the steps you used in evaluating these arguments. Will
these steps work with all arguments? Why or why not? (25- to
50-words)
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References
Ruggiero, V. R. (2012). The art of thinking: A guide to critical
and creative thought (10th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson
13. Longman.
List any additional references here. Cite and reference any
sourced material consistent with Associate Level Writing Style
Handbook guidelines.
