ThinkForYourself(3-1)PracticeinMakingOurPointof.ppt

Elements of Reasoning Activities Think For Yourself (3-1):Practice in Making OurPoint of View Explicit What follows is a list of possible “objects” of our thinking. Choose from this list possible ones to think about. Then identify how you would look at each (from your point of view). For example, you might decide that “When I look at people, I see a struggle to find happiness,” or “When I look at the future, I see myself as a lawyer taking cases that protect the environment,” or “When I look at the health care system, I see a system that does not provide adequately for the poor.” Once you write your sentence, see if you can further characterize how what you said explains your point of view.  Possible Objects of Your Thought: life, men, women, human conflict, school, teaching, learning, mathematics, the past, peer groups, politics, power, art, television, computers, the news, human sexuality, marriage, life in America, religion, income tax, lifelong learning, the future, the future of teaching, my economic future, education in the future, my future, my future, the problems we face as a nation, the problems we face as a species, mass transportation, the environment, drug usage, science, human values, women having abortions, people without health insurance, our health care system, modern life-style, new age ideas, welfare, welfare recipients, the police, elections, the modern American city, vegetarians, liberals, conservatives, radicals.Now complete the following, given the objects you have chosen to look at:?When I look at___________I see (from my point of view) _____________________? Think For Yourself (3-2):Identify Your Purposes: Understand Your Thinking In order to begin to see how intimately interconnected thinking is to purpose, do the following activity. First, make a list of five fundamental goals you have. Then comment on how your thinking is shaped by those goals. In other words, fill in the blanks: “One of my purposes is _____. I can a