CRITICAL THINKING ACTUAL TEST PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
●● How does critical thinking relate to psychology?
Answer: Psychology is one application of critical thinking.
●● What disciplines overlap with critical thinking?
Answer: Metaphysics, ontology, and epistemology.
●● What is the main question of epistemology?
Answer: How do we know what we know?
●● What is epistemology?
Answer: The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of
knowledge and how it is acquired.
●● What did Rene Descartes question about reality?
Answer: He asked how we know anything is real, noting that our senses
can fool us.
●● What is Descartes' famous conclusion?
, Answer: The only certainty is 'I think, therefore I am.'
●● What does Descartes argue we need to believe our ideas match
reality?
Answer: We need good reasons to believe our ideas accurately represent
the outside world.
●● What does modern scientific thinking rely on?
Answer: Reason and evidence to seek truth.
●● How does science deal with certainty?
Answer: Science does not deal in absolute certainty; facts are accepted
based on strong evidence.
●● What was the initial claim about faster-than-light particles?
Answer: Scientists detected neutrinos traveling faster than light.
●● What was the outcome of the faster-than-light particle investigation?
Answer: It was discovered that the finding was caused by a faulty wire.
●● What does science say about current evidence?
Answer: Based on current evidence, this is probably true, but it can
change with new evidence.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
●● How does critical thinking relate to psychology?
Answer: Psychology is one application of critical thinking.
●● What disciplines overlap with critical thinking?
Answer: Metaphysics, ontology, and epistemology.
●● What is the main question of epistemology?
Answer: How do we know what we know?
●● What is epistemology?
Answer: The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of
knowledge and how it is acquired.
●● What did Rene Descartes question about reality?
Answer: He asked how we know anything is real, noting that our senses
can fool us.
●● What is Descartes' famous conclusion?
, Answer: The only certainty is 'I think, therefore I am.'
●● What does Descartes argue we need to believe our ideas match
reality?
Answer: We need good reasons to believe our ideas accurately represent
the outside world.
●● What does modern scientific thinking rely on?
Answer: Reason and evidence to seek truth.
●● How does science deal with certainty?
Answer: Science does not deal in absolute certainty; facts are accepted
based on strong evidence.
●● What was the initial claim about faster-than-light particles?
Answer: Scientists detected neutrinos traveling faster than light.
●● What was the outcome of the faster-than-light particle investigation?
Answer: It was discovered that the finding was caused by a faulty wire.
●● What does science say about current evidence?
Answer: Based on current evidence, this is probably true, but it can
change with new evidence.
