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Critical Thinking
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- 1PhilosophyStudy of fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
- 2MetaphysicsExplores fundamental nature of reality.
- 3Ethics/Morals/PoliticsDeals with moral responsibility amd human thought/activity.
- 4EpistemologyTheory of knowledge; possibility of something and justified belief vs opinion.
- 5LogicStudy of argument structure and principles of reasoning.
- 6Theory of Ultimate RealityAbsolute nature of all things.
- 7PropositionMeaning of a sentence which expresses a belief.
- 8DescriptionGives information about topic.
- 9ExplanationTruth of statement already accepted but tries to say how it came about.
- 10NarrativeA story.
- 11ArgumentConsists of premise, inference and conclusion.
- 12PremiseReason/s supporting claim.
- 13InferenceMove in reasoning from premise/s to conclusion.
- 14ConclusionClaim trying to be proved.
- 15Argument MapVisual representation of logical structure of argument.
- 16Co-premisePremises which rely on each other to sufficiently support the conclusion.
- 17DeductiveIf premises are accepted then conclusion must be true.
- 18InductivePremises do not necessarily infer conclusion.
- 19Modus PonensIf P, then Q. P. Therefore Q.
- 20Modus TollensIf P, then Q. Not Q. Therefore, not P.
- 21Affirming the ConsequentIf P then Q. Q. Therefore P.
- 22Denying the AntecedentIf P then Q. Not P. Therefore, not Q.
- 23ConditionalIf P then Q: statement that does not assert P or Q but establishes connection.
- 24AntecedentStatement that follows 'if' in conditional: P (or something that comes first).
- 25ConsequentStatement that follows 'then' in conditional: Q (or something that comes after).
- 26ValidDeductive argument (if premises true, impossible for conclusions to be false).
- 27SoundValid argument with true premises.
- 28CogentArgument with rationally acceptable premises that support conclusion.
- 29Strong InferencePremises provide extremely strong likelihood that conclusion is true.
- 30a PrioriClaims knowable before and independent of sense-experience.
- 31a PosterioriClaims are only knowable after or on basis of sense-experience.
- 32RationalismArgues it is possible for us to know facts about the world outside our own mind; a priori.
- 33EmpiricismArgues all knowledge of world outside the mind is based on sense-experience; a posteriori.
- 34AnalyticProposition is true or false simply by virtue of meaning of words.
- 35SyntheticTrue or false not simply through meaning of words but through fact.
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- Flash cards to help study for key terms in the critical thinking section, Unit 1, of the ATAR Philosophy Course, Year 11 2017.
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- Lucy Cerys
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