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CRITICAL THINKING - REASON AND EVIDENCE D265 KEY TERMS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RATED 100% CORRECT
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CRITICAL THINKING - REASON AND EVIDENCE D265KEY TERMS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RATED 100%
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Critical Thinking ANS -Primarily the ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning - to criticize
your own reasoning.
Propositions ANS -Statements that can be true or false.
Non- Propositions ANS -Statements that do not make a claim that can be true or false. Examples:
(Command, Plead Request, Question, Perform, Exort)
Simple Propositions ANS -Have no internal logic structure, meaning whether they are true or false does
not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own.
(Example: Harry Potter wears glasses. The sky is blue.)
Complex propositions ANS -Have internal logic structure, meaning they 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.)
Premise ANS -A proposition lending support to the conclusion. Premises are supposed to be statements
that, if you accept they are true, give you reason to believe that the conclusion is also true.
Conclusion Indicators ANS -thus, therefore, hence, consequently, as a result, so, accordingly, clearly,
must be that, shows that, conclude that, follows that, for this reason.
Premise Indicators ANS -because, since, for, for example, for the reason that, in that, given that, as
indicated by, due to, owing to, this can be seen from, we know this by
Heuristic ANS -a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems
efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms (Machines for jumping to
conclusions) (Mental Shortcuts)
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