Karteikarten
Critical Thinking
Karten in diesem Stapel (13)
- 1Why is critical thinking needed? (5 points)- For academic work
- Discussions about morality, ethics etc are difficult
- Often an ideally correct option or answer is not available
- Evaluating alternatives available in complex scenarios
- Provide sound arguments to support conclusions or judgements - 2What happens when critical thinking is not practiced?- Negative criticism
- Intellectual laziness
- Denying there is an issue to consider
- Comfort and shortcuts
- Selecting some parts
- Passive black and white thinking
- Give me the "right" answer - 3List some characteristics of critical thinking- Open to alternatives
- Well informed and credible sources
- Form solid arguments and conclusions
- Questioning
- Judges arguments
- Develop and defend a position
- Plausible hypotheses and quality experiments
- Putting it all together - 4What are the 3 main components of critical thinking?Analyse
Evaluate
Conclude - 5Key thing to remember when analysing?Skeptical but not cynical
Analytical but not nitpicky - 6Key thing to remember when evaluating?Evaluative but not judgemental
Open minded but not 'wishy washy' - 7Key thing to remember when concluding?Decisive but not stubborn
Forceful but not opinionated - 8How do you develop an argument?Claims -> Reasoning -> Argument
- 9What is the structure of arguments?Assumptions -> Evidence -> Conclusion
- 10How do you analyse arguments?1) Convert argument to standard form
2) Test argument for strength of reasoning
3) If valid test if it's sound or unsound
4) If invalid test if inductive of fallacious
5) Make overall assessment of the argument - 11List the common errors in reasoning- Ambiguity
- Circular argument (begging the question)
- Unwarranted assumption
- Missing evidence
- Incorrect causation (false cause)
- Appeal to emotion
- Incorrect deduction (denying antecedent) - 12How do you know when an argument is valid?If you are not able to find a counter example
- 13What is a sound argument?Premises are true in the real world
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- Bachelors Degree Computer Science (CWO) Karteikarten am Critical Thinking, erstellt von Martin B am 06/01/2016.
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- Martin B
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