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118 Cards in this Set
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Egocentrism
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The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important.
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Fair-mindedness
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The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without regard to one's own sentiments or selfish interests.
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Fallacies
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Flaws or errors in reasoning which, when found in the premise of an argument, invalidate its conclusion.
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Intellectual cowardice
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Fear of ideas or viewpoints that do not conform to one's own. Term used by Paul and Elder.
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Intellectual empathy
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The act of routinely inhabiting the perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them. Term used by Paul and Elder.
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Intellectual humility
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Openness to the possibility that one's beliefs are mistaken and a willingness to reevaluate them in the face of new evidence or persuasive counterarguments. Term used by Paul and Elder.
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Intellectual perseverance
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The act of working one's way through intellectual complexities despite frustrations inherent in doing so. Term used by Paul and Elder.
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Second-order thinking
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Another term for critical thinking. It is first-order thinking (or ordinary thinking) that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and improved). Term used by Paul and Elder.
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Sociocentrism
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The assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others.
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Sophistry
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The ability to win an argument regardless of flaws in its reasoning.
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Stereotype
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A fixed or oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea.
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Strong-sense critical thinking
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Thinking that uses critical thinking skills to evaluate all beliefs, especially one's own, and that pursues what is intellectually fair and just.
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Weak-sense critical thinking
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Thinking that does not consider counter viewpoints, that lacks fair-mindedness and that uses critical thinking skills simply to defend current beliefs.
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Accuracy
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Being near to the true value or meaning of something
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Assumptions
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Unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning
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Clarity
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Being unambiguous and easily understood
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Concepts
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General categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify information used in our thinking
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Implication
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What logically follows from reasoning
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Inference
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A logical process of drawing conclusions
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Point of view
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The particular perspective from which something is observed or thought through
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Precision
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Being precise or exact
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Purpose
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The goal or objective of reasoning
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Common factor method
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In analyzing causation, looking for a single shared factor
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Concomitant variation
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In analyzing causation, looking for a pattern of variation between a possible cause and a possible effect
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Process of elimination
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In analyzing causation, successively ruling out non-causal factors until one correct causal factor remains
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Question of fact
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A question with one correct answer
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Question of judgment
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A question with competing and debatable answers
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Question of preference
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A Question with many possible subjective answers
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Single difference method
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In analyzing causation, looking for a causal factor that is present in one situation but absent in another similar situation
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Socratic questioning
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A systematic, disciplined approach to asking questions aimed at assessing truth
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Activated Ignorance
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False information that is mistakenly believed to be true and acted upon.
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Activated Knowledge
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Truthful information that is employed to pursue more knowledge and/or is acted upon.
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Ad hominem fallacy
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Dismissing an argument by attacking the person who offers it rather than by refuting its reasoning.
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Appeal to authority fallacy
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To justify support for a position by citing an esteemed or well-known figure who supports it.
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Appeal to experience fallacy
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Claiming to speak with the "voice of experience" in support of an argument (even when that experience may not be relevant).
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Appeal to fear fallacy
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Citing a threat or possibility of a frightening outcome as the reason for supporting an argument.
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Appeal to popularity/ popular passions fallacy
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Citing majority sentiment or popular opinion as the reason for supporting a claim.
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Assumptions
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The unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning about something.
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Attacking evidence fallacy
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Seeking to falsely discredit the underlying evidence for an argument and thereby questioning its validity.
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Begging the question
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Asserting a conclusion that is assumed in the reasoning.
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Bias
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A partiality or prejudice that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.
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Denying inconsistencies fallacy
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Refusing to admit contradictions or inconsistencies when making an argument or defending a position.
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Either-or fallacy
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Assuming only two alternatives when, in reality, there are more than two.
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Evading questions fallacy
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Avoiding direct and truthful answers to difficult questions through diversionary tactics, vagueness, or deliberately confusing or complex responses.
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Fallacy
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An error in reasoning.
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Faulty analogy
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Drawing an invalid comparison between things for the purpose of either supporting or refuting some position.
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Hard-cruel-world argument
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Justifying illegal or unethical practices by arguing that they are necessary to confront a greater evil or threat.
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Hasty generalization
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Inferring a general proposition about something based on too small a sample or an unrepresentative sample.
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Inert Information
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Memorized information that is not fully understood.
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Inference
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A logical process of drawing conclusions.
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Red herring fallacy
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Introducing an irrelevant point or topic to divert attention from the issue at hand.
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Search for perfect solution fallacy
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Asserting that a solution (or argument) is not worth adopting because it does not fix the problem completely.
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Slippery slope fallacy
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To suggest that a step or action, once taken, will lead inevitably to similar steps or actions with presumably undesirable consequences.
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Sociocentrism
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Seeing social conventions, beliefs and taboos of your society as the only correct way to live and think.
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Straw man fallacy
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Distorting or exaggerating an opponent's argument so that it might be more easily attacked.
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Thrown-in statistics fallacy
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The use of irrelevant, misleading, or questionable statistics to support an argument or defend a position.
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Treating abstracts as reality fallacy
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Citing abstract concepts (freedom, justice, science) to support an argument or to call for action.
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Two wrongs make a right fallacy
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Defending or justifying our wrong position or conduct by pointing to a similar wrong done by someone else.
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Analogy
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Inference that if 2 things are alike in one respect, they will be alike in other respects
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Empirical
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Based on or derived from practical experiment and direct observation
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Evidence
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Information that is provided to support the dependability of a factual claim
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Factual claims
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Beliefs about the way the world is, was, or will be whose credibility depends on the quality of evidence offered to support them
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Faulty analogy
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An analogy in which there are important relevant dissimilarities between 2 things being compared
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Intuition
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An instinctive "knowing" (e.g., a hunch or gut feeling) that does not derive from a rational intellectual process
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Neglect of a common cause
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The failure to recognize that 2 events may be related through the effects of a common third factor
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Qualitative
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evidence Evidence that describes an observation or phenomenon and communicates its meaning
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Quantitative
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evidence Evidence that quantifies an observation or phenomenon and is concerned with determining causation
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Research sampling
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The process of selecting events or people to study
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Rival cause
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A plausible alternative explanation for why a certain outcome happened
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Survey
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A research method or instrument for measuring people's attitudes or beliefs
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Absolute number
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The total or aggregate of something, expressed as a number without relationship to other numbers
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Line graph
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A graph that plots the relationship between 2 or more variables by using connected data points
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Mean
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The average derived by adding up all the values and dividing the sum by the total number of values
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Median
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The average represented by the middle value in a series of values
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Misinformation
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Incorrect or erroneous information
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Mode
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The value that appears most frequently in a series of values
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Random sample
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A study sample that is representative of the whole population
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Statistical distribution
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The frequency with which each value in a series of values occurs
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Statistical range
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The gap between the smallest and largest values in a series of values
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Statistics
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The science of collecting, organizing, and analyzing quantitative data
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Egocentric hypocrisy
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Ignoring inconsistencies between belief and behavior and between public standards and private actions
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Egocentric immediacy
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Overgeneralizing so that immediate events, whether favorable or unfavorable, influence thinking
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Egocentric memory
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Remembering only that evidence and information that supports our thinking
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Egocentric myopia
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Adopting an overly narrow point of view and thinking in absolutes
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Egocentric righteousness
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Feeling superior because of possessing the "Truth"
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Egocentrism
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The belief that one's own thinking or life is superior to others
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Sociocentrism
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The belief that one's own society or group is superior to others
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Universal ethical standards
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Principles for correct human behavior acknowledged by reasonable people
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What are the elements of reasoning
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the elements or parts of reasoning are those essential dimensions of reasoning that are present whenever and wherever reasoning occurs-independent of wither we are reasoning poorly
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Elements of reasoning
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purpose, questions, assumptions, implications, information, concepts, inferences, points of view
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Purpose
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the goals of reasoning
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Questions
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what directs reasoning, all reasoning involves answering at least one question (in dealing with more complicated tasks or problems, questions also direct researching dealing with more complicated tasks or problems, questioning also directs research. All research ranging from the heart sciences, like chemistry, physics or biology to other sciences like the social sciences, is driven by an answered questions.
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Assumptions
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beliefs that are taken for granted (taken to be true) in reasoning) it’s also a necessary starting point for our reasoning process. Even before we begin reasoning about a specific problem or a specific task, we have a certain belief that we think are true.
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Implications
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what follows from our reasoning or what follows from the inferences or conclusions that we draw. In other words, if we take one statement to be true, something usually follows or is implied by that statement.
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Information
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anything that we take to be true or anything that is factual. Information should be contrasted to assumptions. Assumptions do not have to be true however information must be true. Information’s can come in many forms. It can come in the form of facts that we encounter every day. It can be facts that we learn in college or it could come as statistical data that may be relevant when making certain decisions.
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Concepts
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concept is just another word for the ideas that we employ during our reasoning process. Concepts are what we used to classify or categorize information ideas
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Inferences
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the word inference is just another word for conclusion. The conclusion drawn from reasoning inferences are typically the product of our reasoning process.
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Points of view
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the place from which reasoning occurs (perspective) all reasoning takes place within some point of view. Our point of view will be the way in which we see an issue or how we will approach a topic. Our points of view are many times shaped by our life experiences.
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The standards of reasoning
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are the way in which we assess our reasoning to determine how well we are reasoning. By assessing they mean a way in which we can determine if our reasoning is good or not. When we assess our reasoning, we want to know how well we are reasoning. "we do not identify the elements of reasoning for the fun of it or just to satisfy some authority. Rather, we assess our reasoning using intellectual standards because we realize the negative consequences of failing to do so." one important thing to note is that the standards are gauge or way of assessing how well we are using the elements. The standards applying to the elements and not the other way around.
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Standards of reasoning
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clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic, significance, fairness,
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Clarity
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reasoning that is clear in meaning and expression also means that our thinking is free from ambiguities. Nicely applies to the element of information.
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Accuracy
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representing the way things are, thus accuracy nicely applies to information. Reasoning that expresses how things actually are
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Precision
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our reasoning is precise if it detailed and specific.
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Relevance
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reasoning which is focused on the problem or issue at hand. It is reasoning which emphasizes only that aspect which matters to the solution of a problem or an issue.
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Depth
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reasoning that addresses the complexities and fine details of an issue problem, deep thinking and our reasoning is deep whenever it takes into the account the complexities and very fine details of an issue or a problem.
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Breadth
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reasoning that considers issues from all relevant viewpoints, always involves more as opposed to less breath nicely applies to points of view, information and also questions.
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Logic
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reasoning that is ordered, supported, makes sense in a cohort and combined way and is also free o f contradictions
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Significance
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reasoning that recognizes the order of importance of something our reasoning is significant if it is important and also relevant to the issue or problem at hand. Significance may also apply to questions.
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Fairness
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our reasoning is fair if it is justified and our thinking is justified if we have sufficient reason to believe a certain conclusion and this usually happens if we have considered all relevant points of view and if our assumptions are justified.
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Three elements of critical thinking
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analyze, evaluate, improve
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