Discussion #3 Discuss further

A topic that i would have liked to discuss a little bit more is on the subject of breaking down an argument and labeling each piece. I think that topic could have been touched on a little bit more, because for me at first it was confusing with all the new terminology and vocab that were used to explain it. I also felt that maybe there could have been more examples showing how its done, because there are many different forms of arguments and if we were able to see what each one looked like it would have proved to be more helpful to me. I also wish we would have discussed further the differences of inductive and deductive reasoning was, because they are so similar ans easy to confuse. Maybe have a little more explanation on that topic as well. But all together i felt like we stressed a good amount of emphasis on the each topic.

Discussion #2 Favorite Thing about class

My favorite thing about class was how the textbook was not only informative but interesting to read. It did a very good job relating its topics and making the course matter socially relevant and significant. Most of the time i found myself really enjoying reading the chapters from the book each week. I learned something new eachtime, and it was very easy to take what i learned and try to apply it to my everyday life. Often times i would use some of the vocab when talking with friends, and when i hear arguments or read them I find myself breaking it down and analyzing them, like i was shown through the text. What i didnt like about this class was the time restraint on when you were allowed to post on your blogs. I think the main reason why people chose to take this class online was because of their busy schedules and lack of time, so putting the 12 hour between each post was especially frustrating and stressful. The other thing i did not really appreciate too much was the fact that we had soo many group projects, that required us to meet in person. Again the main reason why people take this online course is because they are too busy or dont have enough time in their schedules to attend a regular class. The group projects were very stressful because so many people had

Discussion #1 What I have learned

During the course of this semester, some of the things that i have learned is about critical thinking and why its important to use critical thinking when making an argument or making decisions, as well as how emotion can sometimes alter our decisions and play an important role. We also learned about the nature and limitations of human knowledge, different types of evidence and errors in thinking, we learned about what a fallacy was and the many different forms of a fallacy and how to recognize a fallacy in everyday arguments and conversations as well as discussing strategies that can be used to avoid making a fallacy. I also learned how to recognize the parts of an argument and break it down into the premise, the conclusion, and premise and conclusion indicators. Another one of the important things we learned is how to distinguish between deductive and inductive arguments, and evaluate the characteristics of each, and lastly we learned about mass media and their marketing advertising techniques.