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PHL 458 Entire Course
PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical Thin
king and Society Presentation PHL 458 Week 1 Indiv
idual Assignment Critical and Creative Thinking in
 Society Short Essays (2 Papers)
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PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1
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
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PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2
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).
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PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3
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
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PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical and
Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays (2
Papers)
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 i
s important to think critically and creatively in 
similar situations.  Define free will, truth, kno
wledge, and opinion. 
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PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical
Thinking and Society Presentation
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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 PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 1
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.
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PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 2
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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PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 3
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.
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PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative
Spark Talk Analysis
 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.
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PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Solve a
Problem Journal
Create a Solution Journal in which you use the
creative process to solve a problem with which
you have experience. Include the
following Describe each stage in the creative
process using Ch. 5 of your text (Entry 1).
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PHL 458 Week 2 Team Assignment Think Different
Exercise
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.
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PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 1
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.
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PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 2
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.
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PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 3
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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PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Evaluating
Truth and Validity Exercise
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).
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PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Refining
Solutions Visual Organizer
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.
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PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Evaluating and
Refining Resolutions Presentation
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.  Create an 8- to 12-slide
Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Use detailed
speaker notes to describe your teams experience
at each stage, and post Presentation as
instructed. 
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PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Solutions
Presentation (New)
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.
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PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 1
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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PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 2
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).
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 PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 3
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).
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PHL 458 Week 4 Individual Assignment Famous
Thinkers Paper (2 Papers)
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
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PHL 458 Week 4 Team Assignment Nomination of
Creative Hero
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.
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PHL 458 Week 5 Final IQ 
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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PHL 458 Week 5 Team Assignment Persuasive
Communication Presentation (2 PPT)
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
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