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Basics Quiz One
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1What is the meaning of the term "independent thinking?"
- A"Independent thinking" means figuring out what your professor wants you to say and then putting your professor's opinion into your own words.
- B"Independent thinking" means remembering what your parents, priests or other authority figures want you to think and thinking that thing.
- C"Independent thinking" means ignoring what other people say and just applying your best understanding of logic to all the available evidence.
- D"Independent thinking"means looking into your heart to work out what you personally feel is the truth.
2When someone makes a claim with complete confidence that it is true, her confidence by itself gives you a good reason to think that the claim is true.
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3When you feel very strongly that something is true, and you believe it with all your heart, that gives you a good reason to think that it is true.
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4When you are asked to think about a particular question, you should always start by thinking about what you already believe about the issue.
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5If someone else has already logically analyzed an issue, you can give your own logical analysis simply by describing everything this other person said.
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6If something you previously stated to be true turns out to be contradicted by all the available evidence, you can logically still go on saying that it is true.
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7Smart people tend to be people who never change their minds about anything.
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8It is possible to think logically without thinking about arguments.
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9It is possible to think critically about the world without thinking about evidence.
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10If you already believe something is true then you can logically assume it's supported by evidence.
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11If someone can write an emotionally persuasive speech in support of a claim, then that claim is true.
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12The logical thinker ignores rhetoric and looks for the facts.
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13You can know that something is true without knowing of any reason to think that it is true.
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14People who try to pressure you into agreeing with them are not being logical.
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15Select the one and only true statement:
- AA "fact" is something you believe to be true.
- BA "fact" is something everyone believes to be true.
- CA "fact" is something that anyone can independently verify to be true.
- DA "fact" is something that may or may not be true.
16Select the one and only statement that is a fact about comets:
- AComets are omens of doom.
- BComets sometimes have glowing tails.
- CComets are an atmospheric phenomenon.
- DComets are made by gasses burning in the upper air.
17Select the one and only true statement:
- AAn "opinion" is something someone believes to be true.
- BAn "opinion" is something someone else believes that is not a fact.
- CAn "opinion" is something someone else believes that you don't believe.
- DAn "opinion"is something that has been proved to be true.
18Select the one and only true statement:
- AA "judgement" is just someone's opinion.
- BA "judgement" is whatever you personally happen to think.
- CA "judgement" is an opinion formed by applying logic to the available facts.
- DA "judgement" is when you decide whether something is good or bad.
19Critical thinking is when you think up reasons to support things you believe.
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20When you've looked everywhere, but can't find evidence to support your beliefs, if you're being logical, you should:
- AKeep looking, the evidence has to be out there somewhere.
- BMake up a plausible story that supports your beliefs.
- CSay that evidence exists, without saying what it is.
- DChange your mind and give up the belief you had before.
21It's logically okay to ignore evidence that contradicts your beliefs.
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22Once you've chosen a point of view you can't ever change your thesis.
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23If you can't prove something, you shouldn't say it's true in a paper.
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24You fulfill a critical thinking assignment by:
- AWriting a paper that explains what you feel to be true about the subject.
- BExplaining what you think is logically implied by the available evidence.
- CExplaining what one or more other people think about the subject.
- DWriting a paper that gives all your personal beliefs about the topic.
25"Evidence" is basically the same as "facts."
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26Select the one and only true statement:
- AVehemently expressed opinions count as evidence.
- BScientific papers and other academic journal articles count as evidence.
- CThe opinions of untrained people count as evidence.
- DA strong feeling that something must be true counts as evidence.
27If you can't describe the evidence, you have no evidence.
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28When a professor asks "can you prove X," she wants you to:
- AIgnore the question.
- BThink about whether you can prove X, and change your mind if and only if you can't prove X.
- CAssume that X is not true, and go on from there.
- DDo your very, very best to prove that X is true.
29If you believe X, that means that there is evidence for X.
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30You should look at all the available relevant evidence before you decide what the truth is.
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31Select the one and only true statement:
- A"Empirical" reasoning is only used by scientists.
- B"Empirical" statements are statements about the meanings of words.
- CThings exist that are not supported by empirical reasoning.
- D"Empirical" statements are statements about the real world.
32Select the one and only true statement:
- AA statement is empirically true if it is passionately believed by someone.
- BA statement is empirically true if it is what everyone believes.
- CA statement is empirically true if it is completely supported by all the evidence.
- DA statement is empirically true if you strongly believe it is true.
33Select the one and only true definition of logical support:
- AA fact supports a conclusion if it makes you feel that the conclusion is true.
- BA fact supports a conclusion if it cannot be easily explained without assuming the conclusion is true.
- CA fact supports a conclusion if you write it in the same paragraph as the conclusion.
- DA fact supports a conclusion if somebody says it does.
34Some empirical claims can be supported absolutely
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35Select the one and only true statement:
- AA claim is only proved if it is absolutely supported.
- BA claim is only proved if it is absolutely or virtually absolutely supported.
- CA claim is only proved if it is at least compellingly supported.
- DA claim is proved if it is at least well supported.
36If a claim is unsupported, it's still logically okay to say that it's true.
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37Select the one and only true statement:
- AWhen a claim is not proven, that means it's disproved.
- BWhen a claim is not disproved, that means it's proven.
- CWhen a claim is not proven, that doesn't mean it's disproved.
- DWhen a claim is proven to be not proven, that does mean it's disproved.
38You can logically say a claim is true without compelling reason to believe it.
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39You can logically say a claim is false without compelling reason to disbelieve it.
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40You can logically say a claim is unproven even if you have compelling reason to believe it.
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41You can logically say a claim has not been disproved even if you have compelling reason to disbelieve that claim. (Read this carefully before answering)
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42Select the one and only true statement:
- AYou don't have a right to believe things that have been disproved.
- BYou don't have a right to believe things that have not been proven.
- CYou don't have a right to believe things other people don't believe.
- DYou have a right to believe anythings you want to believe.
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- Covers basic terms, ideas and practices of logical and critical thinking.
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