One of the masters of “critical thinking” was Sherlock Holmes. This character created by the English
author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, embodied in his adventures some of the purest forms of inductive
and deductive reasoning and critical analysis.
Homework Assignment: Pick any Sherlock Holmes novel or movie that is listed on the CANVAS site.
It must be authored by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read it or watch it. Rather than getting “caught up”
in the plot, try to examine the Holmes character and how he reasons (meta-analysis). In other words,
try to pretend that you are Dr. Watson as you examine how Holmes “teaches you” to deduce right
along with him. It might be very helpful for you to watch the video more than once in order to try to be
“objective” in answering the questions below
