Week 2 Assignment: Journal

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Week 2 Assignment: Journal

Erica Trinh

Chamberlain University College of Nursing

Critical Thinking 347N

Professor Barkauskas

May 2020

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Overview

For this week’s journal, I will be considering what I find to be the most valuable

and important idea in the intro to chapter 5. I will be finding the important concepts and

elaborate on them and talk about my beliefs.

Important Idea

I will be choosing learning outcome 5.1: “Identify the reason or reasons, explicit

or implicit, a person is using to argue that a claim is true or probably true.” (Facione &

Gittens, 2016). I find that this is an important aspect of analyzing arguments to explore

the reasonings within given claims. Listening is the first battle and step in order to

process and understand what someone is saying. However, the next step is picking out

and identifying reasons in order to understand one’s argument.

Critical Thinking

In Chapter 4, the authors dive into difficulties that can arise when analyzing

statements. Context can be a barrier that can affect interpretation. Context is how one

precedes and intends the delivery of the message (Facione & Gittens, 2016). Context

gives background and framework for setting the narrative. It can help the audience better

understand the true message being delivered and serves almost as clues. If the context is

tricky to understand, the analysis can be skewed. Another concept discussed in Chapter 4

that can get in the way of interpretation is vagueness. The authors define problematic

vagueness as, “the characteristic of a word or expression having an imprecise meaning or

unclear boundaries in a given context or for a given purpose.” (Facione & Gittens,

2016). Having this vagueness can leave people to misunderstand or be confused about

what the message is. It can leave the person feeling confused or lacking. The authors

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noted 5 ways to overcome this problematic vagueness: contextualizing, asking for

clarification, negotiating, qualifying and stipulating (Facione & Gittens, 2016). These are

some difficulties that can cause barriers in analyzing statements. To analyze can

definitely be more difficult than giving an opinion, because it is so much more intricate

and is a vital skill in critical thinking. In the lesson for Week 2, it’s important to limit

distractions as well. In order for communication to occur, it requires a message sender,

and a message receiver. However, anything that interferes in the process of clear transfer

can be considered “noise” (Barkauskas, 2020).

Beliefs

I have beliefs that I hold dear to me, and I will be testing one of these beliefs out

by asking myself “why” questions, and layering them. I am a huge animal lover, and one

day hope to be financially stable enough to foster them. One of my beliefs is that animals

(in this example I will use dogs) should be cared for. My claim is that dogs should be

cared for.

Layer 1: Dogs are a big responsibility, and they have needs just as we do.

Layer 2: It is important to be a good animal parent because they depend on us, due to

them being domesticated animals.

Layer 3: Dogs have basic needs as well as complex needs. Dogs need food, clean water,

space and exercise, and love. Some more complex needs can include vet bills and other

extra costs such as toys, parks, crates, etc. Dogs are not cheap, and therefore a much

larger responsibility than some might imagine.

Layer 4: Dogs need a certain amount of attention, and when that is not given, that can

cause many issues. They have so many needs that require our attention and detail.

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Owning a dog can be a big task, but they need our help in order to thrive to live the best

life that they can possibly live. If dogs did not have us to take care of them, they can

contract diseases in the streets, they can starve, and become dirty (matted, flees, etc.).

Owning a dog is a large responsibility and it should not be taken lightly. Dogs are just a

small part of our lives, but we are all of theirs.

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References

Facione, P.A., & Gittens, C.A. (2016). Think Critically (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson.

Barkauskas, N. (2020). Week 2 Lesson: Critical Listening

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