PHI 103 Informal Logic (ACL1509I) Week 1 Journal

Watch the following required videos for the week:

• This is Water by David Foster Wallace
• Examined Life: Cornel West on Truth
• The Allegory of the Cave - Plato
• Stephen Brookfield Critical Thinking
• Credibility: Critical Thinking
• Dove – Evolution Commercial

Reflect back on your completion of the “Critical Thinking Quiz” activity at the beginning of the week. How did you feel about your knowledge of the topics that were covered in the quiz? Having taken the quiz and watched the videos, please explain what you think this course will be about. What are your goals for changing your critical thinking and reasoning skills as a result of what you learn in this course?