PHIL 105 CRITICAL THINKING EXAM CSUF
GARY JASON QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
a set of beliefs about the world or part of it - CORRECT ANSWER what is a world
view?
the development of ever more accurate world view, and using it in decision-
making - CORRECT ANSWER what is critical thinking as a reasoning process?
a new hybrid discipline that studies the process of how people can and do develop
more accurate world views - CORRECT ANSWER what is critical thinking as an
academic discipline?
a string of words in a language - CORRECT ANSWER what is a sentence?
a speech act that is true or false - CORRECT ANSWER what is a statement?
one that has no component statements in it - CORRECT ANSWER what is a simple
statement?
contains one or more components - CORRECT ANSWER what is a compound
statement?
a speech act that seeks information - CORRECT ANSWER what is a question?
, a string of words ending with a question mark - CORRECT ANSWER what is an
interrogative sentence?
statements that provide the information requested, no more, no less - CORRECT
ANSWER what is a direct answer?
a statement that denies one or more presuppositions - CORRECT ANSWER what is
a corrective answer?
any statement that must be true for the question to possibly have a true direct
answer - CORRECT ANSWER what is a presupposition to a question?
a question with a false or debatable presupposition - CORRECT ANSWER what is a
loaded question?
set of one or more statements, called premises, taken as evidence for another
statement, called the conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER what is an argument?
an argument is valid if and only if it is impossible for all premises to be true while
the conclusion is false - CORRECT ANSWER define: deductive validity
an argument is strong if and only if it is unlikely but not impossible for the
premises to true while the conclusion is false - CORRECT ANSWER define:
inductive strength
an argument neither valid nor strong - CORRECT ANSWER define: fallacy
GARY JASON QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
a set of beliefs about the world or part of it - CORRECT ANSWER what is a world
view?
the development of ever more accurate world view, and using it in decision-
making - CORRECT ANSWER what is critical thinking as a reasoning process?
a new hybrid discipline that studies the process of how people can and do develop
more accurate world views - CORRECT ANSWER what is critical thinking as an
academic discipline?
a string of words in a language - CORRECT ANSWER what is a sentence?
a speech act that is true or false - CORRECT ANSWER what is a statement?
one that has no component statements in it - CORRECT ANSWER what is a simple
statement?
contains one or more components - CORRECT ANSWER what is a compound
statement?
a speech act that seeks information - CORRECT ANSWER what is a question?
, a string of words ending with a question mark - CORRECT ANSWER what is an
interrogative sentence?
statements that provide the information requested, no more, no less - CORRECT
ANSWER what is a direct answer?
a statement that denies one or more presuppositions - CORRECT ANSWER what is
a corrective answer?
any statement that must be true for the question to possibly have a true direct
answer - CORRECT ANSWER what is a presupposition to a question?
a question with a false or debatable presupposition - CORRECT ANSWER what is a
loaded question?
set of one or more statements, called premises, taken as evidence for another
statement, called the conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER what is an argument?
an argument is valid if and only if it is impossible for all premises to be true while
the conclusion is false - CORRECT ANSWER define: deductive validity
an argument is strong if and only if it is unlikely but not impossible for the
premises to true while the conclusion is false - CORRECT ANSWER define:
inductive strength
an argument neither valid nor strong - CORRECT ANSWER define: fallacy
