Critical Thinking

Course Information

• Critical Thinking Basic Course Information
• Clicker purchase and bulletin board
• Registering your clicker in Philosophy 101

Some Student Pages

• Information Diet Exercise
• Field Notes
• Student Model Work
• Authoritativeness Game
• Research Topics
• Critical Thinking Study Guide official version

Articles for Reconstruction & Other Resources

• Bryce Covert, "Will Better Consumer Protection Lead to a Credit Crunch for Women?" The Nation, [1]
• Jonas Gahr Store, "Why We Must Talk," The New York Review of Books, April 7, 2011. [2]
• Editorial, "Internet Filtering Bill," Spokesman-Review, [3]
• Sabrina Schaeffer, "Why the Wage Gap?," National Review, [4]
• David Cole, "Can Congress Force Us to Eat Brocolli?," NRYBlog [5]
• Chuck Donovan, "As Marriage Fades, Society Suffers," Heritage Foundation website, Dec 13, 2010. [6]
• Editorial Board, "Judicial Activitism on Health Reform," The New York Times, February 2, 2011 [7] If that link doesn't work click here. My recon
• Conn Carroll, "Morning Bell: Another Victory on the Road to Repeal," The Foundry: Conservative Policy News, Heritage Foundation, Februrary 1, 2011 [8]
• Mark Bittman, "A Food Manifesto for the Future," Opinionator Blog, New York Times, Feb 1, 2011 [9] --- For Class: Read the whole article, then reconstruct the first three bulleted paragraphs as subarguments. For each identify the conclusion and premises in a list. Then identify the general conclusion of the article.
• Thomas Sowell, "Spilled Milk," Human Events, [10]
• Avik Roy, "Florida v. HHS Could Become a Landmark for Individual Liberty," The Agenda, National Review Online, January 31, 2011 [11]
• Fred Upton, "Obamacare: A Pivot Point," National Review Online, January 31, 2011 [12]

• Fall 2010 Articles for Reconstruction
• Systems Theory Introduction [13]

Previous Course Experience

• Critical Thinking Articles for Reconstruction
• Past Critical Thinking Research Pages
• Previous Course Versions and Assignments and Previous to the wiki
• Good future topics: Is it just to limit job and educational opportunities for people with criminal records?
• Study Guide with student notes from Fall 2010