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    ST.

    ANTHONY COLLEGE MODULE IN MC 4: LOGIC


    AND CRITICAL THINKING
    CALAPAN CITY, INC.

    SELF CHECK 1-2.1


    PART I

    Direction: The following exercises are designed to raise your awareness of the need
    to interpret information, to distinguish between unsupported assertions and arguments
    providing supporting evidence, and to recognize when evidence must be provided to
    support what is asserted or to take some recommended action.

    1. You read by a recognized expert on mushrooms about Amanita verna, a type of


    wild mushroom. He says this mushroom looks much like a variety commonly
    found in grocery stores. It is pure white (when fresh) and very beautiful. then
    he says the following:

    Edibility: deadly poisonous. the symptoms are delayed, making applications of


    first aid almost useless. never eat a white Amanita.

    —A. H. Smith, The Mushroom Hunter’s


    Field Guide

    a. what assertions does dr. Smith make in the quoted passage?


    b. why do you think dr. Smith mentioned the similarity between
    c. Amanita verna and grocery-store mushrooms?
    d. Is “never eat a white Amanita” an assertion?
    e. would you seek further information before following dr. Smith’s advice?
    2. In the spirit of saving the planet, the method of shallow cultivation is offered as
    an alternative to the use of poisonous herbicides to control weeds:

    Shallow cultivation is an effective way to control weeds. Experiments have shown


    that hoeing or tilling only the top 2–4 inches of soil before seed sprouts can set
    eventually exhausts most of the vast supply of weed seeds that lie dormant in the
    soil.
    —P. H. Johnson, “make Your Soil Smile,” Organic Gardening, march 1987

    a. what does the author mean by “shallow cultivation”?


    b. Is evidence (physical or verbal) presented for any assertions?
    c. If you are a backyard gardener trying to save money and avoid poisons,
    would you seek further evidence before trying shallow cultivation instead
    of herbicides to control weeds?
    d. If you are a truck farmer whose only income depends on the success of
    your crops, would you seek further evidence that shallow cultivation is
    an effective means of weed control?

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    ST. ANTHONY COLLEGE MODULE IN MC 4: LOGIC
    AND CRITICAL THINKING
    CALAPAN CITY, INC.

    PART II: Direction: In each of the following arguments:

     Use the indicator words to help identify the premises and the conclusion.
     Rewrite the argument in standard form. that is to say, write each premise
    on a line by itself. underneath the last premise, draw a line, and write the
    conclusion beneath the line. Although in standard form premises are
    written above the conclusion, it is advisable to identify the conclusion
    first. consider the following example. The conclusion is enclosed in
    parentheses, and each premise is underlined:
    (the earth is spherical in shape.) For the night sky looks different in
    the northern and southern parts of the earth, and this would be so if
    the earth were spherical in shape.

    —Aristotle, de Caelo

    In standard form the argument, which has two premises, looks like this:
    the night sky looks different in the northern and southern parts of the earth.
    this would be so if the earth were spherical in shape.
    the earth is spherical in shape.

    1. People who say that America is facing inevitable decline as a world


    power are wrong because the serious problems the U.S. faces, such as
    massive debt, poor education and political impasse, all have solutions.
    2. Background: Feng Shui, sometimes called “geomancy,” refers to
    traditional Chinese beliefs concerning the manipulation and flow
    of energy (qi).
    A building facing a vacant lot on the south is
    good geomantically because in china, during the
    summer, the south winds are refreshing and
    bring good ventilation or cosmic breath.

    —E. Lip, Feng Shui for the Home

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    ST. ANTHONY COLLEGE MODULE IN MC 4: LOGIC
    AND CRITICAL THINKING
    CALAPAN CITY, INC.

    PART III
    Direction: In each of the following arguments, the conclusion is enclosed in parentheses.
    Try to insert appropriate indicator words before sentences that are premises or
    conclusions, and see whether the passage makes sense. With some choices of
    indicator words, the sentences need to be rearranged.

    1. (A mortgage-backed security has a prepayment risk.) If a


    homeowner decides to pay off a mortgage ahead of schedule, i.e.,
    prepay the mortgage, the mortgage- backed security containing
    that particular mortgage does not receive all the anticipated
    interest payments.
    —Investment Forum

    2. (Poker is one of the finest exercises for keeping gray matter


    alive.) “Poker involves mathematics, planning, and strategy—all
    complicated mental processes— and these are exactly what
    imparts the benefit of producing more brain neurons,” says Paul
    D. Nussbaum, Ph. d., a neuropsychologist and an expert in
    Alzheimer’s disease at the university of Pittsburgh School of
    medicine. Further, a regular activity must be both novel and
    mentally challenging to prevent dementia, and poker can provide
    both forms of brain stimulation.
    —r. Lederer, “we All Speak Poker,” AARP Magazine, July–August 2005

    PART IV
    Direction: Isolate the arguments in each of the following passages and
    identify their premises and conclusions. write each argument in standard form.
    1. through analytic techniques of diverse kinds, through group therapies
    and encounter groups, by means of hypnosis, drug therapy, and brain
    stimulation, self-disclosure [the revealing of personal secrets] is aided
    and interpreted. But the therapeutic value of any one of these techniques
    is far from established; and the need for caution in choosing persons
    best qualified to listen to personal revelation is increasingly clear…. the
    caution is well founded. one cannot trust all who listen to confessions to
    be either discreet or especially capable of bringing solace or help. In
    addition, the act of confessing can in itself increase the vulnerability of
    persons who expose their secrets, especially in institutionalized
    practices. Studies have shown that when self-revelation flows in one
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    ST. ANTHONY COLLEGE MODULE IN MC 4: LOGIC
    AND CRITICAL THINKING
    CALAPAN CITY, INC.

    direction only, it increases the authority of the listener while decreasing


    that of the speaker. In ordinary practices of confiding, the flow of
    personal information is reciprocal, as the revelations of one person call
    forth those of another; but in institutionalized practices, there is no such
    reciprocity. on the contrary, therapists and others who receive personal
    confidences are often taught to restrain their natural impulse to respond
    in kind.

    Performance Criteria Checklist 1-2.1


    Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
    To what extent did your output satisfy the
    following?
    The response/solution is complete and appropriate.
    Ideas are presented accurately and orderly.
    Supporting details and examples are sufficient.
    Highly influential and realistic due to the use of factual
    details.
    Grammar and word choice are correct and appropriate.
    The output presented is original and free of plagiarism.
    TOTAL (Highest= 30 pts.)

    5 pts. 4 pts. 3 pts. 2 pts. 1 pt.


    Needs
    Very Good Good Average Repeat
    Improvement
    The expected
    The expected The expected The expected
    output is
    output is output is output is The expected
    accomplished
    accomplished accomplished accomplished output is not
    and the
    and the and the but some of accomplished
    objectives are
    objectives are objectives are the objectives and/or none of
    satisfied well.
    satisfied well. satisfied. The are not the objectives
    The output
    The output output also satisfied. The are fulfilled.
    also satisfied
    also satisfied satisfied well output also The output
    all of the
    most of the some of the doesn’t satisfy also doesn’t
    criteria
    criteria criteria well the satisfy enough
    enumerated.
    enumerated. enumerated. criteria the criteria
    enumerated. enumerated.
    Well done!
    Continue Extra effort is
    Continue
    doing a good needed. Try No need to Need to
    doing a great
    job. Improve to improve repeat. repeat the
    job.
    other skills other skills Improvement activity or
    Challenge
    on the on the is expected accomplish
    yourself by
    criteria criteria on the next equal task.
    doing much
    enumerated. enumerated. outputs.
    greater.

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