Critical Thinking Flashcards

Decks in this Class (13):

• The Benefit Of Asking The Right Question

  The Benefit of Asking The Right Questions

  Sample Cards:

  critical thinking,

  how critical thinking helps,

  advantages of using the sponge approach
  9 Cards
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• What Are The Issue And The Conclusion

  What Are The Issue and the Conclusion?

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  what is an issue,

  kinds of issues,

  descriptive issues
  14 Cards
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• What Are The Reasons

  What Are The Reasons?

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  reasons,

  arguments,

  characteristics of arguments
  7 Cards
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• What Words Or Phrases Are Ambiguous

  What Words or Phrases are Ambiguous?

  Sample Cards:

  when is a word ambiguous,

  ambiguity,

  key terms
  7 Cards
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• What Are The Value Conflicts And Assumpt

  What Are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?

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  characteristics of assumptions,

  where to look for assumptions,

  assumptions
  11 Cards
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• What Are The Descriptive Assumptions

  What are the Descriptive Assumptions?

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  descriptive assumptions,

  prescriptive value assumptions,

  descriptive connecting assumption
  7 Cards
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• Are There Any Fallacies In The Reasoning

  Are There Any Fallacies In The Reasoning?

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  critical questions,

  objective of critical reading and listen,

  fallacies of reasoning
  21 Cards
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• How Good Is The Evidence Intuition Perso

  How Good Is the Evidence: Intuition, Personal Experience, Testimonials, and Appeals to Authority?

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  to determine dependability,

  factual claims,

  examples of factual claims
  18 Cards
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• How Good Is The Evidence Personal Observ

  How Good is the Evidence: Personal, Observation, Research Studies, Case Examples, and Analogies

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  personal observation,

  research study,

  scientific studies
  13 Cards
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• Are There Rival Causes

  Are There Rival Causes?

  Sample Cards:

  rival causes,

  cause,

  causal thinking indicators
  9 Cards
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• Are The Statistics Deceptive

  Are The Statistics Deceptive?

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  clues for assessing statistics
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• What Significant Information Is Omitted

  What Significant Information is Omitted?

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  significant omitted information,

  causes for incomplete reasoning,

  common kinds of significant information
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• What Reasonable Conclusions Are Possible

  What Reasonable Conclusions Are Possible?

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  dichotomous thinking,

  qualifying questions on conclusions,

  if clause
  5 Cards
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