PHIL 347 Discussions Week 1 - 8

Initial Post Instructions Introduce yourself to the class. Address the following: • Your professional background • Your program • Your personal interests • Anything else you would like to share Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least two peers. Compare experiences and ...

Initial Post Instructions Evidence-based practice requires...evidence. The careful collection of evidence is the first job of every medical practitioner, not least the nurse, who has the most extensive and intimate contact with the patient. However, it does not stop with the nurse. Whatever your r...

Initial Post Instructions Deductive arguments are top-down, working from general principles to specific cases. Inductive reasoning, on the other hand, is bottom-up, working from specific observations and looking for patterns that lead to a general conclusion. Your career path in healthcare and hea...

Initial Post Instructions Deductive categorical reasoning is demanding. Its forms are rigid, but they are rigid with a reason; deductive categorical arguments are intended to prove the conclusion. If the premises are true and the conclusion logically follows, you have no choice but to accept the ar...

Initial Post Instructions Consider some of the skills and knowledge you need to understand truth-functional logic. Forming the truth-functional claims means you have to have a good understanding of how English sentences are formed in order to convey accurate and precise meaning. Translating English...

Initial Post Instructions The reasoning used in inductive generalization is based on empirical observations and the inferences we draw from such observations. As such, it is closely allied to the scientific method. It is also the method used in polls and surveys; reports of the results of these pol...

Initial Post Instructions As the text points out, causal reasoning is used in clinical studies. As a professional in the health field, you will undoubtedly be referring to cause/effect studies for the rest of your professional life. In this discussion, you are asked to expand and deepen your unders...

Initial Post Instructions This week, you will write an argumentative essay. As the text points out, this is the apex of Bloom's taxonomy, in which you now use all of the skills you have learned in creating a logical argument. For the initial post, address the following: • Considering what y...

Initial Post Instructions Achievement is not a matter of GPA or points earned - or lost - on an exam. Achievement is measured in terms of the distance from where you started to where you are now. Everyone does not win - but everyone can achieve a personal best. Achievement is measured in how wel...