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HUM-115 Test 1What are the 3 reasons why we should care about thinking critically? - correct answer ✔✔1. We can
improve life
2. Become ethically better people
3. Strengthens your mind
_________ and _______ are both important indicators of who you are. - correct answer ✔✔Doing and
Thinking
People are defined by their _________ and _________. - correct answer ✔✔Actions and Thoughts
What is Plato's reason on why we should care about thinking critically? Quote - correct answer ✔✔"The
unexamined life is not worth living"
Descartes quote about critical thinking? - correct answer ✔✔I think, therefore I am
Anselm quote about critical thinking? - correct answer ✔✔I doubt therefor I know
Pascal quote about critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔Thought constitutes our greatness
Confucius quote about critical thinking? - correct answer ✔✔Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night
without moon or stars
Around the 5th and 6th centuries B.C.E a shift on emphasis has dominated the western culture and
Socrates, what is the appeal? - correct answer ✔✔Appeal to reason to settle questions of truth and
Falsity
In appeal to reason, what is the appeal? - correct answer ✔✔Rational appeal (Your reason)
, It is an ______ to that part of you that can set aside an issue from the heat of the moment and quietly
and calmly reflect on a situation before deciding. - correct answer ✔✔Appeal
By abstracting from the __________ _________ and _______ ________ of the individual, the appeal to
reason is universal, claiming to be correct for everyone who considers the question in this reasonable
way. - correct answer ✔✔Particular emotions and Self-interests
Making an important decision in the heat of the moment is often a big mistake. Why? - correct answer
✔✔People tend to confuse distinct issues, accepting one thing because you really believe another quite
different thing.
Another general inadequacy of emotional or snap judgement is that, in making them, people ____
_________ __________ when deciding their view on a particular question. - correct answer ✔✔Fail to
consider all the relevant issues
What are the 2 most important features of reasoning that we haven't considered? - correct answer
✔✔Seeing the connections and relations among all the relevant issues.
Being ______ of why we are doing something is a crucial part of what it means to be reasonable. -
correct answer ✔✔Conscious
Define the study of logic? - correct answer ✔✔The study of such connections
The philosopher tries to _________ and ________ our ordinary beliefs, attitudes and assumptions of the
world. - correct answer ✔✔Articulate and sharpen
The philosopher is more concerned with finding a _____ that fits the facts and shows their _________
than discovering new facts. - correct answer ✔✔Theory and interrelations
Philosophers primary tool is what? - correct answer ✔✔Reason
The rational ideal helps to ______ and ______ important non-rational feeling and intuitions. - correct
answer ✔✔Resolve and coordinate
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