Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
June 2018
Level 1
Credit Value 3
Pre-requisite / Nil
Co-requisite/
Exclusion
Objectives This subject aims to equip students with critical and creative thinking
skills, provide a conceptual framework for problem solving and decision
making in both everyday life and specific domains, and cultivate the
right attitudes and motivation for clear and rational thinking essential for
their lifelong learning and future career development. By widening their
horizons and stimulating their multi-dimensional thinking style, this
subject cultivates a proper attitude for enhancing students’ critical and
creative power.
Intended Learning Upon completion of the subject, students will be able to:
Outcomes
(a) articulate the importance of thinking skills and different types of
thinking habits from a critical perspective.
Argument Analysis
Deductive arguments; Validity and soundness; Inductive arguments;
Strength and cogency; Inductive generalisations; Analogical arguments.
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Fallacy Analysis
The fallacies of inconsistency, irrelevance, insufficiency, and
inappropriate presumption.
Teaching/Learning The teaching and learning methodology consists of lectures and tutorials.
Methodology Lectures are designed to explain and demonstrate critical and creative
thinking skills. Everyday examples and in-class exercises are provided to
enhance and motivate students’ learning.
Tutorial exercises are also provided for class discussions and
consolidation of knowledge. Students are expected to prepare and
organise group presentations in later tutorials.
a b c d
Quiz 15 3 3 3
Assignment 1 (Group) 25 3 3 3
Assignment 2 25 3 3 3
(Individual)
Test 25 3 3 3
Participation 10 3 3 3 3
Total 100
*Continuous assessment items and/or weighting may be adjusted by the subject
team subject to the approval of the College Programme Committee.
Tutorial 13
Self-study 53
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Continuous Assessment 38
方子華等:
《批判思考》
,McGraw Hill (Asia),2005。
貝剛毅:《思方導航 — 批判思考導論》
,香港:匯智出版,第6版,
2016。
李天命:《語理分析的思考方法》
,臺北:學生書局,2013。
李天命:《哲道行者》
,香港:明報出版社,最終定本,2009。
李逆熵:《格物致知 — 思考與研究方法概要》,香港:經濟日報出
版社,2009。
Recommended Websites
思方網(香港大學)
: http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/chi/
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