Thinking with Our Eyes: The Power of an Image to Encourage Faulty Deductive Thinking & a False Ethos

Critical Thinking Essay 3: Thinking with Our Eyes: The Power of an Image to Encourage Faulty Deductive Thinking & a False Ethos - 1,500 Words/120 Points - Thursday and Sunday Due Dates!

How Time Picks Person of the Year (連結到外部網站。)

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ADOLF HITLER (連結到外部網站。)

Adolf Hitler, Time," March 13, 1933 | Vol. XXI No. 11 (連結到外部網站。)

Iconic (連結到外部網站。) Image:  A Boy (Man) and His Dog

(Cover Story: "Germany: National Revolution") (連結到外部網站。)

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OVERVIEW

DISCUSSION RUBRIC

REQUIREMENTS

More Information: Timothy Snyder's 2017 book On Tyranny

Part 1: Due Thursday by 11:59 PM (100 Points)

1.  On the Internet, research evidence about what kind of leader Adolf Hitler was before and up to March 13,1933, when Time put him on its cover--in an artist's rendering--sitting in a garden with a dog, dressed in a casual Schutzstaffel (SS) uniform.

Helpful Sources

The Nazi Party  (連結到外部網站。)/ Beer Hall Putsch (連結到外部網站。) / Mein Kampf  (連結到外部網站。)/ Reichstag Fire  (連結到外部網站。)/ Dachau  (連結到外部網站。)/ Early Warnings: How American Journalists Reported the Rise of Hitler  (連結到外部網站。)

2. In 1,000 words (four pages), argue A, B or C.

A.  The 1933 Time cover of Hitler with a dog in a garden was irresponsible and dangerously misleading news coverage of Hitler on the part of Time, encouraging faulty deductive reasoning (a faulty syllogism (連結到外部網站。)) on the part of people who viewed the cover but did not read the article.  The explanation of Time about why it features infamous people on its covers (連結到外部網站。) is a weak argument justifying its unethical choice to publish more than one positive image of Hitler on its covers (1933 and 1938 (連結到外部網站。)) at a time when Hitler's demagoguery (連結到外部網站。) was public knowledge. Time actively helped to promote a false ethos (連結到外部網站。) of Hitler.   Thus, the 1933 cover, in particular, shows that Time is in direct opposition to these four lessons from Timothy Snyder's 2017 book On Tyranny: Take responsibility for the face of the world, Stand out, Believe in truth, and Be as courageous as you can.

More Information: On Tyranny

Quoting:  The explanation of Time about why it features infamous people on its covers (連結到外部網站。), syllogism definition, and Snyder's On Tyranny.

OR

B.  The explanation of Time about why it features infamous people on its covers (連結到外部網站。) is logical, and is not opposed to these four lessons from Timothy Snyder's 2017 book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century: Take responsibility for the face of the world, Stand out, Believe in truth, and Be as courageous as you can.

Quoting:  Snyder's On Tyranny and the explanation of Time about why it features infamous people on its covers (連結到外部網站。)

More Information: On Tyranny

OR

C.  Arguing about whether or not the Time cover of Hitler was ethical reporting, and using deductive reasoning and Snyder's lessons in On Tyranny to prove or disprove this point, makes your teacher guilty of the false dilemma fallacy,  (連結到外部網站。)stopping you from thinking more creatively (and abductively?) about why Time depicted Hitler on the 1933 cover with his dog in a garden.  If so, explain how your teacher is stopping you from thinking more creatively; provide concrete examples.  In what other ways should you be thinking about the 1933 cover of Hitler?  Are there questions you should be asking about the 1933 cover that assignment directions A or B preclude you from asking?

Quoting:  Snyder's On Tyranny, source for false dilemma fallacy, and assignment directions.

More Information: On Tyranny

Part 2:  Due Sunday by 11:59 PM (20 Points)

Respond to four of your peers' postings; write 125 words (a half-page) for each response, for a total of 500 words (two pages). 

How should you respond? 

Compare your peers' thinking regarding this assignment to your own thinking; agree or disagree with how they think, and provide logical reasons as to why, but be respectful, compassionate and courteous.  And … if someone evaluates your work, respond!