Critical Thinking and Logic - C168 unit
1 questions well answered
Define *critical thinking* and the key concepts underlying it. - correct answer
✔✔____________ _________ is the art of thinking about thinking while thinking in order to
make thinking better.
This means to analyze, assess, and reconstruct one's own thinking in order to improve its
quality.
Its underlying key concepts are:
1. Analyzing one's own thinking- breaking it down into its component parts.
2. Evaluating one's own thinking- identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths.
3. Improving one's own thinking- reconstructing it to make it better.
Identify the bad mental habits that commonly impede good thinking. - correct answer
✔✔Impediments to sound thinking include the bad habits of thinking that all of us, to one
degree or another, indulge:
1. Making generalizations unsupported by evidence.
2. Letting a stereotype* shape our thinking.
3. Viewing the world from one fixed vantage point.
4. Forming false beliefs.
5. Dismissing or attacking viewpoints that conflict with our own.
6. Thinking deceptively about our own experiences
Outline the criteria a skilled critical thinker follows in reasoning through any problem. - correct
answer ✔✔1. Raises vital questions
2. Gathers and assesses relevant information.
3. Reaches well-reasoned conclusions and solutions.
, 4. Thinks open-mindedly.
5. Communicates effectively with others
Explain *weak-sense critical thinking* versus *strong-sense critical thinking* - correct answer
✔✔One will ignore the flaws in their own thinking and often seek to win an argument through
trickery or deceit.
While the other will strive to be ethical and empathize. With others viewpoints. They will
entertain arguments with which they do not agree and change their views when confronted
with reasoning.
*weak-sense critical thinking* - correct answer ✔✔One has a tenancy to;
1. Ignore the flaws in its own thinking.
2. Will often seeks to win an argument through intellectual trickery or deceit.
3. Lack key higher-level skill values of critical thinking.
4. Makes no good-faith efforts to consider alternative points of view.
5. Lacks fair-mindemess.
6. Employs lower level rhetorical skills.
7. Employs emotionalism and intellectual trickery.
8. Will hide or distort evidence.
*strong-sense critical thinking* - correct answer ✔✔1. A strong pursuit of what is intellectually
just and fair.
2. Strive to be ethical.
3. Strive to empathize with other's view points.
4. Will entertain arguments with which they do not agree.
5. Change their view points when confronted with superior reasoning.
6. Employ their thinking reasonably rather than manipulatively.
7. Requires fair-mindedness combined with basic critical thinking skills.
1 questions well answered
Define *critical thinking* and the key concepts underlying it. - correct answer
✔✔____________ _________ is the art of thinking about thinking while thinking in order to
make thinking better.
This means to analyze, assess, and reconstruct one's own thinking in order to improve its
quality.
Its underlying key concepts are:
1. Analyzing one's own thinking- breaking it down into its component parts.
2. Evaluating one's own thinking- identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths.
3. Improving one's own thinking- reconstructing it to make it better.
Identify the bad mental habits that commonly impede good thinking. - correct answer
✔✔Impediments to sound thinking include the bad habits of thinking that all of us, to one
degree or another, indulge:
1. Making generalizations unsupported by evidence.
2. Letting a stereotype* shape our thinking.
3. Viewing the world from one fixed vantage point.
4. Forming false beliefs.
5. Dismissing or attacking viewpoints that conflict with our own.
6. Thinking deceptively about our own experiences
Outline the criteria a skilled critical thinker follows in reasoning through any problem. - correct
answer ✔✔1. Raises vital questions
2. Gathers and assesses relevant information.
3. Reaches well-reasoned conclusions and solutions.
, 4. Thinks open-mindedly.
5. Communicates effectively with others
Explain *weak-sense critical thinking* versus *strong-sense critical thinking* - correct answer
✔✔One will ignore the flaws in their own thinking and often seek to win an argument through
trickery or deceit.
While the other will strive to be ethical and empathize. With others viewpoints. They will
entertain arguments with which they do not agree and change their views when confronted
with reasoning.
*weak-sense critical thinking* - correct answer ✔✔One has a tenancy to;
1. Ignore the flaws in its own thinking.
2. Will often seeks to win an argument through intellectual trickery or deceit.
3. Lack key higher-level skill values of critical thinking.
4. Makes no good-faith efforts to consider alternative points of view.
5. Lacks fair-mindemess.
6. Employs lower level rhetorical skills.
7. Employs emotionalism and intellectual trickery.
8. Will hide or distort evidence.
*strong-sense critical thinking* - correct answer ✔✔1. A strong pursuit of what is intellectually
just and fair.
2. Strive to be ethical.
3. Strive to empathize with other's view points.
4. Will entertain arguments with which they do not agree.
5. Change their view points when confronted with superior reasoning.
6. Employ their thinking reasonably rather than manipulatively.
7. Requires fair-mindedness combined with basic critical thinking skills.
