FARE 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Main Point, Physiocracy, Market Failure

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Course: FARE 1300
• Professor: Julio Mendoza

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A model of critical thinking and a brief history of ideas in. Development of critical thinking skills is an important goal of this course. By the end of the semester you should be a better critical thinker. Follow the approach in mortimer adler"s book, how to read a book. Fox (prof) calls this the proposition-meaning- evaluation model. In order to anything you need to read it three times not physically, but in three different ways. Three questions to ask yourself when reading a paper: The main point, lunch line, main finding or conclusion. Could appear anywhere in the paper, the central idea. How do successive elements build on another. What kinds of key points are used. Who should do what, as a result of the information. What does it mean, how does it compare to other ideas. Meaning: what is the purpose and the significance. Your conclusion is not important, your reasons are.