Capella University Open Minded Inquiry Discussion

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Valuable Intellectual Traits

Though it has focused on arguments, this course is not merely designed to give skills and tools for creating arguments; it is designed to create critical thinkers. Critical thinking is not merely a set of tools, but a habit of mind based on carefully reasoning about what is true and how best to live. It is an approach to life based in careful thought (Vic Le vine, 2012). In other words, it is possible to use the lessons from this course to genuinely live better and smarter lives. This discussion is designed to explore some of the virtues of mind that one can develop as a result of developing the habit of critical thinking.

Prepare: In addition to using the readings and scenarios of this course, take a close look at the web pages associated with the Foundation for Critical ThinkingLinks to an external site. website.

Reflect: Search within the website for the pages associated with the options below, and Reflect how each can help you to live a better life.

Write: Choose ONE of the topics below from the Critical Thinking Community website and address the prompt underneath..

Prompt 3 Option: Open-Minded Inquiry
Using the online reading “Open-minded Inquiry,” identify what you consider to be the three most important attributes that one must have as he or she approaches problems. Explain why you think these attributes are the three most important, and describe examples from your own life, or from the lives of those you know, in which people failed to display those attributes. How will learning this virtue improve your life and relationships with others? Will it help you to find more truth?

Respond to the following peers. (75 words each or more )

PEER SA

Prompt 3 Option: Open-Minded Inquiry

The three attributes that I consider to be the most important when approaching a problem are Open-minded, knowledge, and listening. When one is open-minded, it means one is willing to take relevant evidence and argument into account. With open-mindedness, there are many possibilities and opinions to use and make the argument comprehensive and clear. The attribute of knowledge means confirming your ideas by the information you researched. When you teach with knowledge, you are giving information based on facts and not just opinions. Listening is also a good important attribute because, to connect one’s ideas and others, there has to be a lot of listening to be done. As teachers, we must listen to what and how it is said and what it isn’t said when it comes to teaching. Listening allows others to participate and give their opinions to resolve a problem. One example of why it is important to have an open-mind is: I am starting my own business in baking and doing. Accessories. For my business to be successful, I must have an open-mind that there is a lot of competition out there and take criticism to help me be better at what I do. It takes a lot of practice and critiques to improve and be successful. An example of knowing is that I must be prepared to present facts and teach with the right information in my teaching career. Knowing says a lot of the person; not only do they know what they are doing, but they can also present evidence, and they enjoy what they do. To be a great teacher, I need to focus on my career, school, homework, what goes around me and combine all the ideas and information to present a clear argument and find a solution. Lastly, Listening is an important attribute because it allows the person to take positive criticism, listens to both sides of a problem, and finds a solution. When one person doesn’t listen, they block everything and everyone around them, and they are so stubborn in believing that they’re always right. They don’t allow any criticism to be given. They become afraid of being wrong and make decisions based on those thoughts. Listening to others goes a long way with positive outcomes. Having these three attributes will help me be a better person in my professional and personal life.

PEER BR

Prompt #1: Purpose, Point of View, and Decisions.

A problem that I have faced recently, or more so have been facing, is managing my money/finances.

My assumptions are that I will never be great at managing my money on my own, and I should take a course or two about how to help myself get better at this. I plan to own a daycare and to do so, and I need to save and maintain my finances. My point of view is that I am good at paying all my bills on time, but other than that, I don’t save well, and I spend out of my budget a lot. The implications that have arisen are that I am not great at money managing, but with the help of a course and hard work to try to be better, I can fix this problem. My boyfriend is not great with money either, he can save and pay the bills, but then he spends like crazy. This is something both of us have talked about many times, and both want to work on as we are in the process of trying to save to buy a house next year.

Critical thinking can help address this problem by taking a step back and thinking about where my money is spent and when. I could keep a notebook with all my expenses every time I spend money; I write it down. I can think critically about every time I spend money, whether it is something I need verse something I want. I could make myself go six months without buying anything that I don’t absolutely need; if it is just a want, I won’t get it. Critical thinking could help me if I thought longer and harder about my purchases before I impulse bought. Capella University Open Minded Inquiry Discussion

PEER DM

For this discussion forum, I have chosen to answer prompt 1.

Prompt Option 1: Purpose, Point of View, and Decisions

One problem that I have been facing lately is preparing for my husbands’ retirement from the Air Force. We are getting ready to go back home to Texas, find new jobs, buy a house, and begin life outside of the military. I have the assumption that life is going to be hard, and we won’t survive. I have been used to a steady paycheck to help provide us a comfortable life. Now we are getting the run around trying to buy a house. I have to find a new job. I’m worried that we will be broke all the time. I see that now we will have to pay for utilities such as electricity and water. Those were bills provided to us through living on base. We didn’t have to pay a mortgage. The scariest thing for me is that we won’t provide a good life to my children. I want them to be able to go to college. Now all I think about is the failures. My husband has been helping to guide me through the positives. As one thing gets accomplished from our list, I feel better. The best decision for me is to use my critical thinking to figure out solutions to any encountering problems. I want to be positive that life without the military will be just as amazing as it was with them. It is time for us to travel because we want to, not because it is where we are told to go. I have to see that I have had several friends retire, and they are making it. Being a military wife has been very fulfilling. I must remember that I am still the same wife and mother. So I will stay positive and crush this game of life.

Guided Response: Respond substantively to at least three of your classmates’ posts in a way that furthers the conversation. For example, you might discuss what you learned from their musings and how you have learned from similar experiences. You might add to the understanding of the points they have raised. You might comment on the value of the intellectual traits they have discussed. You might discuss how these traits can help us to be more successful in our daily lives. You might comment on some aspect of the Chapter or any other resources you have used during this course as they may relate to the discussion. Enjoy.