Category: Critical Thinking

Mark Twain called the late 19th century the ‘Gilded Age.’ By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book “The Great Gatsby ” is a story about a man who is constantly chasing a dream yet not seeing the crumbling reality behind it. The illusions…

Introduction In his thought-provoking essay, “Some Lessons from the Assembly Line,” Andrew Braaksma offers a candid and insightful account of his summer working on an assembly line. Through his personal experiences and astute observations, Braaksma sheds light on the dehumanizing nature of factory work and its impact on the human spirit. This literary analysis will…

There are many variations you might’ve heard over time about the importance of art and where the importance of the subject stands. From relatives who claim it to be pointless, educators who believe it’s inessential and the school boards who say that it’s a waste of time and money. Whereas subjects like science and math…

The Literature ‘Top Girls’ by Caryl Churchill is shaped by the concern of women in work throughout the play. The concern of ‘roles’ in work that women have been reinforced to take and women climbing the ladder of success in work breaking the gender hierarchy are seen in ‘Top Girls. Also shows us that one…

Introduction Healthcare professionals are being challenged to find new ways to organize care and develop systems that hold providers accountable for the quality, cost, and patient experience of care (Ricketts & Fraher 2013). Nurses play an important role in providing quality and safe care because they are the frontline connection with the patient and are…

Disasters happen often and are calamities that we cannot control. By having a general understanding of emergency plans, whether it be on the national level or just in our own community, we can help families and businesses in these certain situations. This comes most into play during the response phase but will also help in…

In ‘The Pearl’ by way of John Steinbeck, we analyze the depth of lifestyles and their wants. Kino, his partner Jauna, and their child boy, Coyotito, are the core of this magnificently written tale. One day the couple heads out in their canoe to hunt for oysters, however, they find the pearl of the world.…

Academic performance is viewed as a mental competence indicator in a subtle way. Opinions specifically vary as to why some college students excel academically, while others essentially appear to generally be underachievers in a big way. Many psychologists essentially have consistently for the most part tried to mostly identify the foremost predictors of character tutorial…

Popular culture is the collection of behaviors, values, and artifacts that represent a social system’s most commonly associated meanings. It contains, among other items, media objects, entertainment and leisure, fashion and trends, and linguistic conventions. Popular culture is a phenomenon that was initiated through various types of media, such as television shows, technology, magazines, mythology,…

In this essay, I will first give a brief introduction to the inductivist and Popperian accounts of science. Then I will explain how an inductivist might respond to the claim that “Knowledge comes from experimental falsification of a hypothesis rather than from experimental confirmation of one”. I will then explain my opinion of the inductivist…