General Article Critical Critique Guidelines

Locate an appropriate, published article dealing with origins and critically critique it. The purpose of the Critical Critique papers in Cosmogony is to allow you to determine what will be studied and analyzed in class. The papers will give you the opportunity to apply class material and techniques to actual events in the real world. In other words, the papers demonstrate that you can understand and effectively interpret articles written on the subjects of Evolution and Creation. A Critical Critique paper should convey information by explaining and analyzing an origin issue. Half of the paper should explain the article, while the other half should analyze the article. The critical critique papers are short! A good paper will require you to organize your thoughts carefully and present your information concisely. The first critical critique paper is due on 4 October 2018. Find an article from a “pro-evolution” perspective for this paper. The second paper is due on 8 November 2018. Find an article from a “pro-creation” perspective for this paper. Both articles must be recent - a 2016 or later date. Your article may either be from a hardcopy publication (magazine, serial, etc), or from an appropriate web site. If the article is from an online source (web site), the article either must have been published in hardcopy form, or it must be from a site that does publish. For example, anything found at www.scientificamerican.com is usable as Scientific American publishes a hardcopy serial. Anything found at www.answersingenesis.org is usable for the same reasons. If you use an online source, ensure that the original posting date of the article is listed, and meets the date guidelines above. Creation model: Evolution model: Acts & Facts Discover Answers Earth Creation Natural History Creation Matters Newsweek Creation Research Society Quarterly Science Origins Science News Origins & Design Scientific American Journal of Creation Time Do not just pick the first article you find to critique! Spend time locating a number of possible articles to critique. After reviewing several, critique the article that you find most interesting and that lends itself well to a critique. Ensure that the article you choose to critique is actually “pro-” the model assigned. A “pro-evolution” article may either present positive evidence for evolution or negative evidence against creation. Both forms are “pro-evolution.” Critique Contents In order to explain something you should concisely and accurately summarize the author’s major points. Do not just copy the author’s words! Summarize in your own words. As you summarize, keep the material from class discussion in mind. For example, state what “origin” is being discussed (eg, Origin of diverse kinds of life). In addition, list the evidences being presented to support the model. The summary (or explanation) should account for less than 50% of the Critical Critique paper. In order to analyze the author’s position you should state how the evidence is being interpreted. Analyze the author’s position in a critical fashion. Critical does not necessarily mean to find fault; instead, it means to ponder the arguments presented carefully and offer insightful commentary. For example, is the author’s interpretation logically valid? is the author being consistent? Include an analysis of how the evidence presented is interpreted and what the author’s conclusion is (which may be implied). Finally, show how the interpretation supports the model. Be sure to include appropriate concepts from class discussion concerning science and logical reasoning (philosophy of argumentation) within your critical critique. Grading: Critical critique papers will be graded using the following checklist: - the article is cited and referenced - the article satisfies date guidelines - the article is from an appropriate source - syntax and style of the paper - comprehension of the paper - the appropriateness and quality of the article chosen (deals with origins and provides evidence for a model) - including SCI 275 concepts within the paper (eg, identifying which origin) - the logic of your reasoning ____________________________ Idea Critical Critique Guidelines: * The paper is about this one so make sure to foucs on this part * Follow the general guidelines presented for the Article Critical Critiques for this paper (have the same major sections of summary and analysis). Choose an idea related to origins to critique. For example, you might want to choose an interesting evidence related to an origin as the basis for the paper. You can investigate any idea or topic related to Cosmogony. Your idea should have some relationship to concepts presented in class. The Idea Critical Critique paper is your chance to determine what will be learned in Science 275. Here are some possibilities for the “idea:” - investigate an additional evidence for a particular origin event within a model. - delve deeper into an evidence that was presented in class. - compare and contrast the interpretation of an evidence within both models (eg, you might examine how “homology” is used as evidence within the evolution and creation models.) Some specific examples: - supernova remnants as an evidence for a young universe - whale transitional forms - how each model explains the origin of information The Idea Critical Critique should contain some new information not found in your readings or class discussion. Of course, you should use Science 275 information within the paper, but don’t just restate information we have discussed in class. Your document must have a references page. List all references your consulted, both hard copy and online. Do not submit hard copy; instead upload your Microsoft Word data file here. My Requirements: Please Follow the professor requirements the first part is general guidelines and second part which is Idea Critical Critique is main one for now. You can use the sources that he mentions or sources you like but they have to meet his requirements “delve deeper into an evidence that was presented in class. “ The topic I picked and he approved it is the red shift. So do the paper about this topic please. HE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING ELSE Below are pervios comments he made on my last two critical critique papers & I will attach them in case you need to review something 1 – Pro-Evolution Avoid the term "prove" in origins.Evolution is a model, not a theory. How is the evidence presented interpreted within the model? Is the reasoning abductively valid? 2 – Pro-Creation Interesting article, but too old for the critique. Be precise in your use of terms (theory of evolution, etc) You need to explicitly list which origin event is being discussed. The analysis section needed to be strengthened by showing how the evidence is interpreted within the model and by showing how the reasoning is abductively valid. (You can’t merely state, “the arguments are valid” – instead you must show how the argument is valid)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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