Wgu Critical Thinking And Logic C168

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what is critical thinking?

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intellectual model for understanding issues and forming reasonable and informed views on them

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either-or-fallacy

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assuming only two alternatives

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red herring

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introducing an irrelevant point or topic to divert attention from issues at hand

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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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inhert information

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memorized information that is not fully understood

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ad hominem

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dismiss an argument by attacking the person who offers it rather than refuting its reasoning

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begging the question

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asserting a conclusion that is assumed in the reasoning

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straw man

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exaggerating an opponents argument so that it might be more easily attacked

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appeal to authority

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justify support on a position by citing well-known figure who supports it

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what is a fallacy

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an error in reasoning

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concomitant variation

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pattern between a possible cause and a possible effect

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inhert information

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taking into the mid information that, though we memorize we do not understand

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5 key factors in establishing the accuracy and validity of information

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authority, point of view, transparency, scope of depth, accuracy

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all reasoning has____?

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-purpose -clarity -significant -fair context -seeks to settle some question

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elements of reasoning

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purpose, concepts, assumptions, interpretations, implications, question at issue, information, point of view

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intellectual standards

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clarity, accuracy, depth, breadth, logicalness, fairness, relevance, precision

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two genuine forms of objectivity

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intellectual humility- knowledge of ones own ignorance

inauthenic objectivity is (sophistic objectivity)- where multiple viewpoints are considered and then dismissed to protect the statues quo

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quantitative vs qualitative evidence

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quantitative- anything that can be measured

qualitative- why and how something happened

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empirical

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based on or derived from practical experiment and direct observation