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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Introduction: What is critical thinking? Types of critical analysis. 2. Textual analysis: Argumentation and definition. 3. Textual analysis: Coherence. 4. Critical reading. 5. Critical reading. 6. Behavioural analysis. 7. Behavioural anaysis. 8. Film and video analysis. 9. Film and video analysis. 10. Contextual analysis. 11. Contextual analysis 12. Final discussion
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Critical thinking is a subject that is widely taught in English speaking universities all over the world. It is a combination of applied logic, stylistics, rhetoric and philosophical approach. In our approach, critical thinking is found on a philosophical distance and ability to analyse different media contents (texts, videos, movies, pictures, communication, etc.) It's goal is to cultivate reasoning skills and different types of analytic approach to different types of communication and its contents
Ability to apply various types of critical analysis on different types of content - from the text to the work of art.
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Prerequisites
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Basics of propositional logic, understanding of philosophical perspective, english
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active participation in class Fulfilling class tasks
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Recommended literature
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Haber, J. Critical Thinking.. Cambridge, 2020.
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KAHNEMAN, D. Myšlení rychlé a pomalé.. Brno, 2012.
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Picha, M. Kritické myšlení a rekonstrukce argumentu. Brno., 2014.
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Popper, K.R. Otevřená společnost a její nepřátelé. Praha, 1994. ISBN 80-85241-54-4.
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Schopenhauer, A. Umění dostat v každé debatě za pravdu: eristrická dialektika. Praha, 2019.
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Swatridge, C. The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking. Oxford, 2014.
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