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| Course Title: |
Critical Thinking (PHL 251) |
| School: |
University of Phoenix
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| Description: |
This five-week course in critical thinking and informal logic helps students develop the ability to reason clearly and critically. It includes an introduction to the disciplines of inductive and deductive logic, fallacious reasoning, and problem-solving techniques. Emphasis is placed on the identification and management of the perception process, use of assumptions, emotional influences, and language in various forms of business communication.
Topics and Objectives include: Critical Thinking: Purpose and Process, The Perception Process and its Influences, Assumptions: Critical Thinking and the Unknown, Logic versus Emotion, Analysis of the Use of Language in Thinking and Argument, Elements and Composition of Argument, Thinking Logically, Patterns of Fallacious Reasoning, and Critical Thinking Techniques. |
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Online
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| Education Level: |
Undergraduate - lower |
| Language: |
English |
Cost: |
$494.00/credit hour |
Credits: |
3 |
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