Un-BEE-Thinkable: Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking Review
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- The purpose of critical thinking is to...
- A belief that can be expressed in a declarative sentence
- A belief, judgment, or opinion that is expressible in a declarative sentence
- A claim that is not made true or false by your thinking it is true or false
- That which is stated by a true objective claim
- Another word for "belief"; sometimes used to denote a a subjective claim
- The assumption that whether something is right or wrong is purely subjective
- A question raised about a subject
- In an argument, the claim for which a premise is supposed to give a reason
- The claim or claims in an argument that provide the reasons for believing the conclusion
- A word or phrase (e.g., “in light of the fact”) that indicates the presence of premise
- A word or phrase (e.g., “therefore”) that indicates the presence of the conclusion
- A speaker may persuade or her personal attributes (background, reputation, expertise)
- A speaker may persuade by connecting with them on a personal level (emotions, feelings)
- A speaker may persuade an audience by using information and arguments
- The idea that truth is relative to the standards of a given culture
- Premise + Conclusion=
- Objective or Subjective: Staring at the sun will damage your eyes.
- This table is long.
- This table is 6 feet long.
- The height to the basketball rim is 30 feet.
- "It was a perfect phone call."
- "All men are created equal."
- "Two dozen eggs will be enough."
- A question that rests on unwarranted or unjustified assumptions
- An insinuation of something deprecatory (derogatory)
- A generalization or assumption about all members of a group
- A negative expression used to tone down positive associations
- A neutral or positive expression used to overcome negative associations
- A device used to water down or weaken a claim to give the author a “way out”
- A device used to diminish or downgrade a person or an accomplishment
- Concluding a proposal be rejected because it doesn't accomplish the goal perfectly
- "If A, then B". The A-part of the claim which gives the state of affairs.
- "If A, then B." The B-part of the claim.
- Thinking about "thinking"
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