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HUM-115 Midterm Examfallibilism - correct answer ✔✔The recognition that we could always be mistaken about what we think
we know is called...
inquiry - correct answer ✔✔The process of carefully examining an issue in order to come to a reasoned
judgment is called...
open-mindedness - correct answer ✔✔The willingness to consider evidence against what you believe is
called...
Fair-mindedness - correct answer ✔✔Being as unbiased and as impartial as possible with regard to
others' views and evidence is called...
true - correct answer ✔✔In addition to mastering the skills of inquiry, good critical thinkers need to
possess certain attitudes or commitments about the truth and the value of good evidence.
false - correct answer ✔✔You can conduct an inquiry about matters of taste and personal preference.
false - correct answer ✔✔Your life will go better for you if you conduct an inquiry about everything
about which you could inquire.
false - correct answer ✔✔If an inquiry doesn't result in coming to some agreement with another person,
the inquiry failed.
interpretive - correct answer ✔✔The kinds of claims or judgments that require us to understand what
something means are called...
factual - correct answer ✔✔The kinds of claims or judgments that require us to understand whether
something is true or false are called...
, state of practice - correct answer ✔✔The kind of context that is focused on clearly identifying the
current situation is called...
history of the debate - correct answer ✔✔The kind of context that is focused on the events that have led
up to the current situation is called...
political - correct answer ✔✔The kind of context that deals with how decisions regarding the issue are
made is called...
true - correct answer ✔✔When identifying the issue or issues, each issue should be stated in the form of
a question.
false - correct answer ✔✔When an inquiry involves multiple issues, it is important to treat each issue as
equally important.
false - correct answer ✔✔It is never necessary to understand the context surrounding the issue you are
concidering.
true - correct answer ✔✔At the end of a successful inquiry, there is sometimes no obviously correct
answer.
false - correct answer ✔✔If a particular solution is the best one right now, it will always be the best
solution.
argument - correct answer ✔✔The combination of both an author's point and their evidence in support
of that point is called a/an...
conclusion - correct answer ✔✔The technical term for the point an author is trying to make is called
the...
premise - correct answer ✔✔The technical term for an author's evidence for the point they are trying to
make is called the...
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