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PHI 210 Critical Thinking Assignment - Strayer University, USA
Learning Outcomes - The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
1. Identify the informal fallacies, assumptions, and biases involved in manipulative appeals and abuses of language.
2. Create written work utilizing the concepts of critical thinking.
3. Use technology and information resources to research issues in critical thinking skills and informal logic.
Writing - Conflicting Viewpoints Essay
Write at three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. State your position on the topic you selected for Assignment 1.1.
2. Identify (3) three premises (reasons) from the Procon.org website that support your position and explain why you selected these specific reasons.
3. Explain your answers to the "believing" questions about the three (3) premises opposing your position from the Procon.org website.
4. Examine at least two (2) types of biases that you likely experienced as you evaluated the premises for and against your position.
5. Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group identification that may have influenced your biases.
6. Discuss whether or not your thinking about the topic has changed after playing the "Believing Game," even if your position on the issue has stayed the same.
Note - Need 900 words paper + title page +references with in-text citations.