D265 CRITICAL THINKING EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS (GRADED
A+)
Why is it important to think critically?
Answer: Individuals can evaluate information objectively, consider multiple
perspectives, and analyze complex situations more effectively.
Explanation: Critical thinking allows for a deeper understanding and the
ability to make more informed, rational decisions by weighing evidence and
considering alternative viewpoints.
Being curious and thinking creatively:
Answer: Not believing things are simple and settled, being willing to go the
next step and think about all relevant positions and arguments before settling
into a belief.
Explanation: Creative thinking and curiosity push us to explore more than
just the surface level of problems and questions, allowing us to discover
innovative solutions and form well-rounded opinions.
Separating the thinker from the position:
Answer: Being able to discuss a position without attacking or judging the
person holding the position, without getting caught up in our own
attachment to a position, and without having our identities wrapped up in a
particular viewpoint or opinion.
Explanation: This concept promotes respectful and objective discourse,
focusing on ideas rather than personal feelings or biases. It allows for more
constructive discussions and helps in the avoidance of emotional or personal
conflict.
Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity -ANSWER✔✔Being honest
about what we know and how we know it. What evidence we have and what
questions are not yet settled; being humble in recognizing the vast number of
, things we don't yet know or understand and in recognizing how very difficult it is
to truly know anything at all and so recognizing the the standards are high and we,
most of the time, don't meet them (and that's okay); and being charitable or having
the disposition to attribute the best intentions and most sophisticated positions and
arguments that we can imagine to own opponents in arguments
Understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence -ANSWER✔✔Thinking carefully
about thinking, about arguments and positions
Why do you think it is fundamental to understand the definition of propositions? -
ANSWER✔✔Proposition mirrors the world and explains how world is arranged in
an orderly manner
Propositions -ANSWER✔✔Statements that can be true or false. This is the
fundamental concept
Non-Propositions -ANSWER✔✔Not statements about matters of fact. They do not
make a claim that can be true or false
Exhort -ANSWER✔✔Let's go get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
Command -ANSWER✔✔Go to the store later to buy me some cheese. Don't do
that.
Plead/Request -ANSWER✔✔Would you please stop that? Please read me a
bedtime story!
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS (GRADED
A+)
Why is it important to think critically?
Answer: Individuals can evaluate information objectively, consider multiple
perspectives, and analyze complex situations more effectively.
Explanation: Critical thinking allows for a deeper understanding and the
ability to make more informed, rational decisions by weighing evidence and
considering alternative viewpoints.
Being curious and thinking creatively:
Answer: Not believing things are simple and settled, being willing to go the
next step and think about all relevant positions and arguments before settling
into a belief.
Explanation: Creative thinking and curiosity push us to explore more than
just the surface level of problems and questions, allowing us to discover
innovative solutions and form well-rounded opinions.
Separating the thinker from the position:
Answer: Being able to discuss a position without attacking or judging the
person holding the position, without getting caught up in our own
attachment to a position, and without having our identities wrapped up in a
particular viewpoint or opinion.
Explanation: This concept promotes respectful and objective discourse,
focusing on ideas rather than personal feelings or biases. It allows for more
constructive discussions and helps in the avoidance of emotional or personal
conflict.
Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity -ANSWER✔✔Being honest
about what we know and how we know it. What evidence we have and what
questions are not yet settled; being humble in recognizing the vast number of
, things we don't yet know or understand and in recognizing how very difficult it is
to truly know anything at all and so recognizing the the standards are high and we,
most of the time, don't meet them (and that's okay); and being charitable or having
the disposition to attribute the best intentions and most sophisticated positions and
arguments that we can imagine to own opponents in arguments
Understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence -ANSWER✔✔Thinking carefully
about thinking, about arguments and positions
Why do you think it is fundamental to understand the definition of propositions? -
ANSWER✔✔Proposition mirrors the world and explains how world is arranged in
an orderly manner
Propositions -ANSWER✔✔Statements that can be true or false. This is the
fundamental concept
Non-Propositions -ANSWER✔✔Not statements about matters of fact. They do not
make a claim that can be true or false
Exhort -ANSWER✔✔Let's go get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
Command -ANSWER✔✔Go to the store later to buy me some cheese. Don't do
that.
Plead/Request -ANSWER✔✔Would you please stop that? Please read me a
bedtime story!
