Fall 2010 Critical Thinking First Field Notes

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Mark Alfino

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Kelly Owens

1: The participants in this situation were lead into giving reasons on their point because of the controversial political stand point. They were coming from opposite political parties and in being two very different people had opposing views on the subject matter. To continue backing up their point and avoid throwing random statements out into conversation, well reasoned examples must be brought in. There was some overlap in relating the topics but not a whole lot. In the beginning of the debate there was some agreeing on the matter however as the conversation progressed this relating became less noticeable and the situation a little more tense. I believe they were thinking in stereo, all involved were thinking about the issue at hand but were not really getting anywhere near a resolution so one of the participants backed out, but they also agreed to disagree, which is sort of a resolution in its own way.

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