D265: Critical Thinking Section 1 rated A
Why is it important to think critically? - correct answer ✅Individuals can evaluate
information objectively, consider multiple perspectives, and analyze complex
situations more effectively
Which definition(s) of critical thinking are most closely aligned to your current
thinking? - correct answer ✅The definition about "knowing oneself enough to
avoid biases and errors of thought" describes me the best
Which definition(s) of critical thinking do you need more practice or awareness
around? - correct answer ✅A definition I need to improve on is "understanding
arguments, reasons, and evidence"
Being curious and thinking creatively - correct answer ✅not believing things are
simple and settled, being willing to go the next step and think about all of the
possible positions and arguments before settling into a position.
Separating the thinker from the position: - correct 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 the position or its antithesis, and
without having our identities wrapped up in a particular viewpoint or opinion.
Knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of thoughts - correct answer
✅Being aware of the flawed patterns of reasoning we are disposed to engage in,
being aware of cognitive biases and mental heuristics (rough rules that work well
enough to survive don't work in many cases) that we're prone as a species to
have, all in the interest of counteracting these biases and flaws
Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity - correct answer ✅Being honest
about what we know and how we know it, what evidence we have and what
, D265: Critical Thinking Section 1 rated A
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 that 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 - correct answer ✅thinking
carefully about thinking, about arguments and positions.
What new understanding do you have around propositions? - correct answer
✅Any proposition may be affirmed or denied
Why do you think it is fundamental to understand the definition for propositions?
- correct answer ✅Proposition mirrors the world and explains how world is
arranged in an orderly manner
Propositions - correct answer ✅Statements that can be true or false.
Non-Propositions - correct answer ✅Not statements about matters of fact. They
do not make a claim that can be true or false
Exhort - correct answer ✅Let's go get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
Command - correct answer ✅Go to the store later to buy me some cheese. Don't
do that.
Why is it important to think critically? - correct answer ✅Individuals can evaluate
information objectively, consider multiple perspectives, and analyze complex
situations more effectively
Which definition(s) of critical thinking are most closely aligned to your current
thinking? - correct answer ✅The definition about "knowing oneself enough to
avoid biases and errors of thought" describes me the best
Which definition(s) of critical thinking do you need more practice or awareness
around? - correct answer ✅A definition I need to improve on is "understanding
arguments, reasons, and evidence"
Being curious and thinking creatively - correct answer ✅not believing things are
simple and settled, being willing to go the next step and think about all of the
possible positions and arguments before settling into a position.
Separating the thinker from the position: - correct 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 the position or its antithesis, and
without having our identities wrapped up in a particular viewpoint or opinion.
Knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of thoughts - correct answer
✅Being aware of the flawed patterns of reasoning we are disposed to engage in,
being aware of cognitive biases and mental heuristics (rough rules that work well
enough to survive don't work in many cases) that we're prone as a species to
have, all in the interest of counteracting these biases and flaws
Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity - correct answer ✅Being honest
about what we know and how we know it, what evidence we have and what
, D265: Critical Thinking Section 1 rated A
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 that 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 - correct answer ✅thinking
carefully about thinking, about arguments and positions.
What new understanding do you have around propositions? - correct answer
✅Any proposition may be affirmed or denied
Why do you think it is fundamental to understand the definition for propositions?
- correct answer ✅Proposition mirrors the world and explains how world is
arranged in an orderly manner
Propositions - correct answer ✅Statements that can be true or false.
Non-Propositions - correct answer ✅Not statements about matters of fact. They
do not make a claim that can be true or false
Exhort - correct answer ✅Let's go get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
Command - correct answer ✅Go to the store later to buy me some cheese. Don't
do that.
