Classifying and Analyzing Analogies

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce N. Waller
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Special Form ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Common Type ◽  
Law And Ethics ◽  
Analogical Argument ◽  
Treat All

Analogies come in several forms that serve distinct functions. Inductive analogy is a common type of analogical argument, but critical thinking texts sometimes treat all analogies as inductive. Such an analysis ignores figurative analogies, which may elucidate but do not argue; and also neglects a priori arguments by analogy, a type of analogical argument prominent in law and ethics. A priori arguments by analogy are distinctive, but--contrary to the claims of Govier and Sunstein-they are best understood as deductive, rather than a special form of non deductive reasoning.

scholarly journals EXTENDED ABSOLUTE PARALLELISM GEOMETRY

2008 ◽  
Vol 05 (07) ◽  
pp. 1109-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
NABIL. L. YOUSSEF ◽  
A. M. SID-AHMED
Keyword(s):  
Tangent Bundle ◽  
Special Form ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Absolute Parallelism ◽  
Linearly Independent ◽  
Geometric Objects ◽  
Directional Argument ◽  
Curvature Tensors

In this paper, we study Absolute Parallelism (AP-) geometry on the tangent bundle TM of a manifold M. Accordingly, all geometric objects defined in this geometry are not only functions of the positional argument x, but also depend on the directional argument y. Moreover, many new geometric objects, which have no counterpart in the classical AP-geometry, emerge in this different framework. We refer to such a geometry as an Extended Absolute Parallelism (EAP-) geometry. The building blocks of the EAP-geometry are a nonlinear connection (assumed given a priori) and 2n linearly independent vector fields (of special form) defined globally on TM defining the parallelization. Four different d-connections are used to explore the properties of this geometry. Simple and compact formulae for the curvature tensors and the W-tensors of the four defined d-connections are obtained, expressed in terms of the torsion and the contortion tensors of the EAP-space. Further conditions are imposed on the canonical d-connection assuming that it is of Cartan type (resp. Berwald type). Important consequences of these assumptions are investigated. Finally, a special form of the canonical d-connection is studied under which the classical AP-geometry is recovered naturally from the EAP-geometry. Physical aspects of some of the geometric objects investigated are pointed out and possible physical implications of the EAP-space are discussed, including an outline of a generalized field theory on the tangent bundle TM of M.

scholarly journals Educational puzzles for understanding gastrointestinal physiology.

1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (6) ◽  
pp. S1 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Bailey ◽  
C T Hsu ◽  
S E DiCarlo
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Small Group Discussion ◽  
Educational Tools ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Gastrointestinal Physiology

We developed four innovative, creative, and fun educational tools to promote active learning, enhance problem-solving skills, and encourage small group discussion. Furthermore, the tools encourage deductive reasoning and critical thinking rather than passive memorization of material. The tools include crossword puzzles, hidden messages, word scrambles, and word searches. These tools were developed using two computer programs: the Crossword Construction Kit and The New Puzzle Factory. Instructors are encouraged to optimize the value of the tools by using the additional options presented at the end of each of the puzzles. The additional options encourage students to become active learners by creating their own tools. Although the principles of these four tools can be adapted to many disciplines, these specific games focused on gastrointestinal physiology. Our goal was to create tools that can be used either inside or outside the classroom to complement and enhance the lecture.

Interactions of individual and the state in the civil society in the tax area

10.12737/3373 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-228
Author(s):  
Филатова ◽  
Irina Filatova
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Special Form ◽  
A Priori ◽  
The State ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Unambiguous Interpretation

Author determined that the designated course to modernize Russia´s economy and society requires a priori extensive resources, and primarily activation of potential of citizens and civil society. It was concluded that at the present stage of economic an unambiguous interpretation of the concept of "civil society" has not developed in connection with which the author analyzes different views and its own vision as a special form of social and economic relations is proposed arising between members of society as well as between them and the associated structures.

The Macrostructure of Informal Arguments: A Proposed Model and Analysis

2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1021-1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Ricco
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Argument Structure ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Psychological Reality ◽  
Argument Analysis ◽  
Argument Strength ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Relationship

Theories of informal reasoning and critical thinking often maintain that everyday, informal arguments can be classified into types based on the specific organization that the premises or reasons enter into in their support for the conclusion (Snoeck Henkemans, 2000; Vorobej, 1995b). Three general types are identified: convergent, coordinately linked, and subordinately linked arguments. There has been no empirical research, however, to determine whether these structural distinctions have any psychological reality. In the first two of four experiments, college students were presented with premise pairs from larger, informal arguments and were asked to judge the nature of the relationship between the premises in a pair. The judgments involved applying “tests” of linkage, subordination, and so on, that have been proposed in the theoretical literature on argument analysis (e.g., Walton, 1996a; Yanal, 1991). Results suggest that adults can effectively distinguish between linked (interdependent) and convergent relationships and can further distinguish between interdependencies that are full and those that are merely partial. Adults also distinguished between subordinate and nonsubordinate relations. Experiments 3 and 4 provide evidence that adults make use of information about argument structure in evaluating argument strength and in categorizing arguments. Experiment 4 further suggests that facility with macrostructure is only modestly related to deductive reasoning competence. Findings are framed in terms of a speculative account of how argument structure is identified and mentally represented.

scholarly journals The Problem With Percy: Epistemology, Understanding and Critical Thinking

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Bailin
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Common Type ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Epistemological Understanding

Most current conceptions of critical thinking conceive of critical thinking in terms of abilities and dispositions. In this paper I describe a common type of problem students experience with critical thinking and argue that conceptualizations in terms of abilities and dispositions do not provide a way to understand this problem. I argue, further, that a useful way to think about the problem is in terms of epistemological understanding, and that this way of thinking about the issue can provide both pedagogical and conceptual grounding to efforts to foster critical thinking.

Is There a Scientific Method?

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Steven L. Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Inductive Reasoning ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Francis Bacon ◽  
Human Reasoning ◽  
The World ◽  
Innate Ideas ◽  
External Causes

Modern science relies largely on method or, rather, on the claim that by employing a systematic, impersonal method, human reasoning can transcend the mind’s subjective experience of reality and discover the true, external causes of experience. In the early stages of modern science’s emergence out of medieval and Renaissance nature philosophy, Francis Bacon argued that this method was to be based on induction and experiment, without a priori mental input and with a minimum of mathematics. Rene Descartes argued that the required method was to be based on deduction, mathematics, and a priori and innate ideas, with a minimum of experiment. For Descartes, experiment served primarily as a check on deductive reasoning; for Bacon, experiment was a source of knowledge and constrained our inductive reasoning about empirical facts. Despite their differing styles, Descartes and Bacon together concretized the idea that a systematic method of reasoning could give us knowledge of the world.

Objective Function Effect Based Pattern Search—Theoretical Framework Inspired by 3D Component Layout

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandankumar Aladahalli ◽  
Jonathan Cagan ◽  
Kenji Shimada
Keyword(s):  
Objective Function ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Parameter Tuning ◽  
Search Algorithms ◽  
Pattern Search ◽  
Function Change ◽  
Component Layout ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Treat All

Though pattern search algorithms have been successfully applied to three-dimensional (3D) component layout problems, a number of unanswered questions remain regarding their parameter tuning. One such question is the scheduling of patterns in the search. Current pattern search methods treat all patterns similarly and all of them are active from the beginning to the end of the search. Observations from 3D component layout motivate the question whether patterns should be introduced in some different order during the search. This paper presents a novel method for scheduling patterns that is inspired by observations from 3D component layout problems. The new method introduces patterns into the search in the decreasing order of a priori expectation of the objective function change due to the patterns. Pattern search algorithms based on the new pattern schedule run 30% faster on average than conventional pattern search based algorithms on 3D component layout problems and general 2D multimodal surface minimization problems. However since determining the expected change in objective function value due to the patterns is expensive, we explore approximations using domain information.

Critical Thinking in Business Research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Loon
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Abductive Reasoning ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Way

Critical thinking is more than just fault-finding—it involves a range of thinking processes, including interpreting, analyzing, evaluating, inferencing, explaining, and self-regulating. The concept of critical thinking emerged from the field of education; however, it can, and should, be applied to other areas, particularly to research. Like most skills, critical thinking can be developed. However, critical thinking is also a mindset or a disposition that enables the consistent use and application of critical thought. Critical thinking is vital in business research, because researchers are expected to demonstrate a systematic approach and cogency in the way they undertake and present their studies, especially if they are to be taken seriously and for prospective research users to be persuaded by their findings. Critical thinking can be used in the key stages of many typical business research projects, specifically: the literature review; the use of inductive, deductive, and abductive reasoning and the relevant research design and methodology that follows; and contribution to knowledge. Research is about understanding and explaining phenomena, which is usually the starting point to solve a problem or to take advantage of an opportunity. However, to gain new insights (or to claim to), one needs to know what is already known, which is why many research projects start with a literature review. A literature review is a systematic way of searching and categorizing literature that helps to build the researchers’ confidence that they have identified and recognized prevailing (explicit) knowledge relevant to the development of their research questions. In a literature review, it is the job of the researcher to examine ideas presented through critical thinking and to scrutinize the arguments of the authors. Critical thinking is also clearly crucial for effective reasoning. Reasoning is the way people rationalize and explain. However, in the context of research, the three generally accepted distinct forms of reasoning (inductive, deductive, and abductive) are more analogous to specific approaches to shape how the literature, research questions, methods, and findings all come together. Inductive reasoning is making an inference based on evidence that researchers have in possession and extrapolating what may happen based on the evidence, and why. Deductive reasoning is a form of syllogism, which is an argument based on accepted premises and involves choosing the most appropriate alternative hypotheses. Finally, abductive reasoning is starting with an outcome and working backward to understand how and why, and by collecting data that can subsequently be decoded for significance (i.e., Is the identified factor directly related to the outcome?) and clarified for meaning (i.e., How did it contribute to the outcome?). Also, critical thinking is crucial in the design of the research method, because it justifies the researchers’ plan and action in collecting data that are credible, valid, and reliable. Finally, critical thinking also plays a role when researchers make arguments based on their research findings to ensure that claims are grounded in the evidence and the procedures.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Healthcare Ethics and Law among Dental Graduates at the RV Dental College, Bengaluru

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-228
Author(s):  
MN Praveen ◽  
MG Jayachandra ◽  
Kirankumar B Dhanappa ◽  
Ramakrishna Ravi ◽  
Prashanth Deshpande ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Healthcare Ethics ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Law And Ethics ◽  
Treat All ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

ABSTRACT Objective To assess knowledge, attitudes and practices among the dental graduate in relation to healthcare ethics and law. Materials and methods A cross-sectional study design was employed using a self-administered questionnaire. A 15 item questionnaire about law and ethics was devised; tested and made available to all levels of gradates including teaching staff, postgraduates and intern at dental college in Bengaluru. A total of 116 graduates participated, with a response rate of 96.5% (n = 112). Results Seventy-six percent of the participants said that they are legally bound to treat all the patients who approach them for the treatment. Nearly 32% of the participants have mentioned the various other reasons for the rejection apart from the reason like HIV+, poor patients and patients with the contagious disease. Conclusion The study points to the need for appropriate training among graduates including the professional staffs and other graduates, and to devise means to sensitize them to issues of law and ethics in the workplace. How to cite this article Dhanappa KB, Praveen MN, Ravi R, Jayachandra MG, Deshpande P, Biradar SM. Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Healthcare Ethics and Law among Dental Graduates at the RV Dental College, Bengaluru. J Contemp Dent Pract 2014;15(2):223-228.

scholarly journals The Use of Simulation to Increase Critical Thinking of Perinatal Nurses in the Care of Preeclampsia Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Catherine Olubummo
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Evidenced Based ◽  
Medical Leadership

Objective: To increase critical thinking in perinatal nurses caring for patients with preeclampsia, with the support of key nursing, education, and medical leadership, an evidence-based practice. Design: Quantitative, Descriptive study Setting: Metropolitan area of New York Participants: A total of six nurses were involved at a time: two from antepartum, two from labor and delivery, and two from postpartum Methods: This included 45 minutes for completion of the CCTST, a one-hour lecture supplemented with PowerPoint slides and two studies, two hours engaged in the simulation, 30 minutes for debriefing, and 15 minutes for a post-CCTST. Results: The test results indicated that there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores. A paired-samples t-test was used to examine the difference between pre-test and the post-test CCTST analysis scores, as reflected in Table 4. The analysis score increased from pre-test to post-test by 0.75 points; the difference between the scores was statistically significant (t(15) = -3.50, p < .01).Simulation increased critical-thinking skills in perinatal nurses in all domains as measured by the CCTST overall scores and the scores in the areas of analysis, evaluation, inference, inductive reasoning, and deductive reasoning. Conclusion: The simulation was a successful EBP change project that increased nurses' critical thinking and delivered and evaluated evidenced-based care to improve patient outcomes. Simulation increased critical-thinking skills in perinatal nurses. Keywords: Critical thinking, Perinatal nurses, Key nursing, Education and medical leadership, An evidenced based practice.

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