Critical Thinking and Society Exercise

Critical Thinking and Society Exercise

PHL 458

April 15, 2013

1) Describe a situation in which critical and creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations.

The situation that critical and creative thought could have been used for a better outcome would the Costa Concordia. All form of security was not used as far as the captain was concerned. Before a cruise ship leaves the dock a mandatory emergency drill is supposed to be performed. It was not performed neglecting the lives and safety of the any passengers were not thought about. The captain was too busy to make sure that they ship did not cruise too close to shore and because of this the Costa Concordia hit a huge underwater boulder causing water to overflow into the hull endangering the passengers and its crew. The captain decided that he did not to go down with his ship abandoned it with his only concern was for himself. Eleven people were killed and 28 were missing. Due to his neglect he was found guilty and sentenced to prison. If he would have used the process of critical and creative thought this incident would have been prevented.

Critical and creative thinking processes could have been used by developing ideas that were unique and useful while producing and trying the traditions essential of his own duties and efforts.

2) Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion. Explain how we use them to form thoughts.

Free will is defined as the apparent human ability to make choices that are not externally determined. Truth is simply the mind corresponding with reality, knowledge is having the truth and knowing that you have it and understanding why it is true, Opinion is having and hypothesis but not being entirely sure that your idea is true and extreme skepticism is self-contradictory because skeptics say that there is truth that there is no truth....