D265 - WGU - Critical Thinking - Reason || || || || || || || ||
and Evidence Newest exam with verified
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solutions
PROPOSITIONS - Correct answer ✔Are statements that can be true or false || || || || || || || || || || ||
NON-PROPOSITONS - Correct answer ✔Are sentences that are not statements || || || || || || || || || ||
about matters of fact or fiction. They do not make a claim that can be true or
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false.
SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS - Correct answer ✔Have no internal logic structure,
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meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on whether a part of
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them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own. (Example:
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Harry Potter wears glasses. The sky is blue.)
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COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS - Correct answer ✔Have internal logic structure, || || || || || || || || ||
meaning they are composed of simple propositions. Whether they are true or
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false depends on whether their parts are true or false. (Example: The sky is
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blue, but it does not look blue to me right now. The cat ate the food, but he did
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not like it. The GDP of Canada is either $3 trillion or $12 trillion.)
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Words used to identify Independent Propositions - Correct answer ✔AND, OR,
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EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN. || || ||
,CONCLUSION INDICATORS - Correct answer ✔THEREFORE, SO, IT || || || || || || || ||
FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE
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THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND AS A RESULT.
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PREMISE INDICATORS - Correct answer ✔BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT,
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AS, SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
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DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS - Correct answer ✔Arguments where the || || || || || || || ||
premises guarantee or necessitate the conclusion.
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-mathematical arguments, logical arguments, arguments from definition.
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INDUCTION ARGUMENTS - Correct answer ✔Arguments where the || || || || || || || ||
premises make the conclusion probable.
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-analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc.
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INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION - Correct || || || || || || || || ||
answer ✔Arguments where the best available explanation is chosen as the
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correct explanation.
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FORMAL FALLACY - Correct answer ✔Concerns the structure of an argument
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INFORMAL FALLACY - Correct answer ✔Concerns the informational content
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of an argument
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A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF - Correct answer ✔Bad Argument
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Structure
, Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in assessing the
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credibility of a news story? - Correct answer ✔Whether the name of the author
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and the publication are identified
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Which questions are most appropriate for evaluating the credibility of an
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information source? - Correct answer ✔Who funded it? & Does it try to get you || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to distrust other sources?
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While researching a topic on the internet, a student encounters two different
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websites, one of that looks more official than the other and includes tables,
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charts, and statistics, while the other does not.
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What is the line of reasoning this student should employ to determine which
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site is more credible? - Correct answer ✔It is not feasible to determine which
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site is more credible from the information provided.
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In which way should an information source be approached if it is stating that it
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is the only source of real information and that other sources cannot be trusted?
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- Correct answer ✔Skeptically, because the source may lack credibility.
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PRINCIPLE OF CHARITY - Correct answer ✔The principle of charity suggests || || || || || || || || || || ||
we should try to understand ideas before criticizing them.
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Which of the following are reasons for applying the principle of charity? -
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Correct answer ✔It is morally right to give others the benefit of the doubt.
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It allows for a clearer understanding of the issue.
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and Evidence Newest exam with verified
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solutions
PROPOSITIONS - Correct answer ✔Are statements that can be true or false || || || || || || || || || || ||
NON-PROPOSITONS - Correct answer ✔Are sentences that are not statements || || || || || || || || || ||
about matters of fact or fiction. They do not make a claim that can be true or
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false.
SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS - Correct answer ✔Have no internal logic structure,
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meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on whether a part of
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them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own. (Example:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Harry Potter wears glasses. The sky is blue.)
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COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS - Correct answer ✔Have internal logic structure, || || || || || || || || ||
meaning they are composed of simple propositions. Whether they are true or
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false depends on whether their parts are true or false. (Example: The sky is
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
blue, but it does not look blue to me right now. The cat ate the food, but he did
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not like it. The GDP of Canada is either $3 trillion or $12 trillion.)
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Words used to identify Independent Propositions - Correct answer ✔AND, OR,
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EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN. || || ||
,CONCLUSION INDICATORS - Correct answer ✔THEREFORE, SO, IT || || || || || || || ||
FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE
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THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND AS A RESULT.
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PREMISE INDICATORS - Correct answer ✔BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT,
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AS, SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
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DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS - Correct answer ✔Arguments where the || || || || || || || ||
premises guarantee or necessitate the conclusion.
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-mathematical arguments, logical arguments, arguments from definition.
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INDUCTION ARGUMENTS - Correct answer ✔Arguments where the || || || || || || || ||
premises make the conclusion probable.
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-analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc.
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INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION - Correct || || || || || || || || ||
answer ✔Arguments where the best available explanation is chosen as the
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correct explanation.
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FORMAL FALLACY - Correct answer ✔Concerns the structure of an argument
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INFORMAL FALLACY - Correct answer ✔Concerns the informational content
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of an argument
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A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF - Correct answer ✔Bad Argument
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Structure
, Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in assessing the
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credibility of a news story? - Correct answer ✔Whether the name of the author
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
and the publication are identified
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Which questions are most appropriate for evaluating the credibility of an
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
information source? - Correct answer ✔Who funded it? & Does it try to get you || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to distrust other sources?
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While researching a topic on the internet, a student encounters two different
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websites, one of that looks more official than the other and includes tables,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
charts, and statistics, while the other does not.
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What is the line of reasoning this student should employ to determine which
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site is more credible? - Correct answer ✔It is not feasible to determine which
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site is more credible from the information provided.
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In which way should an information source be approached if it is stating that it
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
is the only source of real information and that other sources cannot be trusted?
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- Correct answer ✔Skeptically, because the source may lack credibility.
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PRINCIPLE OF CHARITY - Correct answer ✔The principle of charity suggests || || || || || || || || || || ||
we should try to understand ideas before criticizing them.
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Which of the following are reasons for applying the principle of charity? -
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Correct answer ✔It is morally right to give others the benefit of the doubt.
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It allows for a clearer understanding of the issue.
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