1.What are the key steps in evaluating a claim? "Coles is cheaper than Woolworths" - examine this claim using the key steps.

2."Banning smoking is the first step to Nazism." Identify and explain a major flawin this statementfrom an argumentative point of view.

3.What are the four key information theoretic elements determining the conversational quality of adiscourse? Demonstratehow these key elements can be effectively mapped onto Grice's conversational maxims.

4."Government should invest more on developing public transport rather than build more toll-ways".Treating this statement as a thesis, come up with an appropriate antithesis. Use Hegel's triad approach to develop at least three arguments in support of the thesis as well as the antithesis and propose a synthesis to effectively integrate the strongest points of both sides.

5.Would a formal training in critical thinking be an important skill-building exercise for a manager in an organization? Develop and defend a sequence of logical arguments to justify your answer.

6.provide a sequence of logical arguments to demonstrate why (or why not) a formal training in critical thinking is usefulfor your improving your own thinking skills.