Week of September 12th - September 18th

Hello Folks!

Here is what is listed on the Schedule and Participation Page from D2L for this week.  If you haven't already, download those pages from D2L and read over them.  They will answer quite a few questions for you. 

Due this week:
*Read Chapter 11 in the Epstein text - Fallacies: A Summary of Bad Arguments
*Read Chapter 4 in the Small Group Text - Communication in Organizations
*Participate in the discussion (see questions below)
***Continue to work in your groups for the first group project.  As a reminder, the first group project is due on September 25th by 11:59pm.  Late submissions (meaning even one minute after the deadline) will be assigned a penalty, so submit early.

Discussion Questions:
Answer one question in its entirety in each of your three separate posts, at least 12 hours apart. Please make sure you are creating a NEW POST for each question on your blog. You MUST WAIT at least 12 hours from the first post in order to create a second post. The same is true for the second and third post. I will record dates and time of your posts, so make sure they are at least 12 hours apart. EACH POST MUST BE 150 WORDS OR MORE.

1). Concerning 221 - 225 Complex Arguments for Analysis: Page 225 contains exercises on the Structure of Arguments.  Please choose one of the 5 exercises and complete the exercise in one post to your blog.  After you have completed the exercise, discuss whether or not this exercise was useful.

2). Violating the Principle of Rational Discussion (page 202) and Content Fallacies (page 201).  Pick one, explain the fallacy in your own words, then give a real world example that you have heard in the past.  (You may need to do additional 'research' for the fallacy that you have chosen if the concept is not clear from the text.  You can 'google' the particular fallacy you have chosen for an additional explanation).

3). Pick one concept from either text from this weeks reading, not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.

Comments - Remember to post ONE comment ON THREE DIFFERENT BLOGS between 12:01am on Sunday and 11:59pm on Saturday. This means that you will log onto MY BLOG at: http://comm41fall2010.blogspot.com/ and look under the section YOU ARE ENROLLED IN to see a list of your colleagues blogs. Click on those blogs, read what was posted for this week and respond. You need to make sure you are responding to only what was discussed THIS WEEK (starting Sunday and ending Saturday of the current week). Comments posted to blogs that were NOT within this week will not be counted for points. Each comment must be a minimum of 100 words.