Thinking Skills: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

310 Unit 7 Critical reasoning: Advanced Level

decision, is what is meant by ‘resolving the

dilemma’.

Shortly you will have to make a decision

about which side you support, based on what

you know from reading the texts. You will

have to justify your decision by giving reasons

why it is the better of the two choices.

then it has to be the other. You have to hold

the Games somewhere, or not hold them

at all.

When faced with a dilemma, you just have

to make a decision, or duck it and get caught

on both horns. Reaching such a decision, and

satisfying yourself or others that it is the right

Write the speech that you will give to the

audience of athletes, business people, sports

fans and others who are concerned that the

Olympic Games are falling into disrepute

and straying from their original ideals. The

previous speaker in the debate was Janet

Sender: your job is either to support or to

oppose her proposal.

End-of-chapter assignment

Base your argument on the four documents

you have worked on, Docs 1–4. It is important

that you make reference to them. This is not

a test of your own wider knowledge of the

subject, but you may research further if you

wish.

Summary

Synthesis, of the kind just described, not

only involves drawing together information, it

also means drawing together your skills, the

skills you have been acquiring and practising

throughout this course.

In the assignment you are about to

complete, you will find yourself calling on

them all: analysing, evaluating, inferring,

justifying, explaining, and developing further

argument.