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D265 - WGU - CRITICAL THINKING - REASON AND EVIDENCE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS RESPECTIVELY
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D265 - WGU - CRITICAL THINKING - REASON AND EVIDENCEQUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS RESPECTIVELY 2024 - 2025
PROPOSITIONS ANS - Are statements that can be true or false
Ex. Snow is a white.
NON-PROPOSITONS ANS - Are sentences that do not make a claim that can be true or false.
Ex. Close the door
SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS ANS - They are simply true or false on their own. (Example: Harry Potter wears
glasses. The sky is blue.)
COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS ANS - Are composed of simple propositions. Whether they are true or false
depends on whether their parts are true or false. (Example: The sky is blue, but it does not look blue to
me right now. The cat ate the food, but he did not like it. The GDP of Canada is either $3 trillion or $12
trillion.)
Words used to identify (single)Independent Propositions in a sentence/statement ANS - AND, OR,
EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN.
Argument ANS - A statement put forth and supported by evidence. (premises and conclusion
PREMISE INDICATORS (Argument) ANS - BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT, AS, SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
CONCLUSION INDICATORS(Argument) ANS - THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS
THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND AS A RESULT.
DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS ANS - establishes a conclusion to be true by stating two or more true
premises that lead to the conclusion being true
, Ex If A and B are true, then C must also be true
INDUCTION ARGUMENTS ANS - Arguments where the premises make the conclusion probable.
-analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc.
INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION ANS - Arguments where the best available
explanation is chosen as the correct explanation.
FORMAL FALLACY ANS - Error in the structure or the argument
Argument where the conclusions do not follow from the premises.
When it's not raining the road is not slippery.
INFORMAL FALLACY ANS - Argument where the content of the premises is false
Concerns the informational content of an argument.
Premise: All Arabs are Muslims. Premise: All Iranians are Muslims. Conclusion: All Iranians are Arabs
A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF ANS - Bad Argument Structure
Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in assessing the credibility of a news
story? ANS - Whether the name of the author and the publication are identified
Which questions are most appropriate for evaluating the credibility of an information source? ANS -
Who funded it? & Does it try to get you to distrust other sources?
While researching a topic on the internet, a student encounters two different websites, one of that
looks more official than the other and includes tables, charts, and statistics, while the other does not.
What is the line of reasoning this student should employ to determine which site is more credible? ANS
- It is not feasible to determine which site is more credible from the information provided.
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