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A review of chapter 1 of a critical thinking course, exploring key concepts like barriers to critical thinking, standards of critical thinking, and the identification of arguments. It includes examples and exercises to help students understand the concepts.
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Critical thinking means skilled judgment or observation by clear intellectual standards Barriers to critical thinking:
Real-life Example 1 Source: https://mustardseedbudget.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/giv e-communication/?fbclid=IwAR3u3UcdBklrNcGGUj2-OfMs k1gaaqIB_JQbZiy1PBHcSK73O0I2ZFFPydI Brief explanation: You dropped your phone so you cannot text to anyone. Missing logical correctness
Real-life Example 2
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Real-life Example 5 When two people are arguing with each other, everyone wants to be right but does not acknowledge the other’s words Source: http://surl.li/cjakt Brief explanation: Looking at the picture, both are not wrong, but it is because of conservativeness that I can not see the problem. Should look at all sides of the story, expand your perspective to recognize the good sides. Present your problem clearly to avoid wasting more time persuading the other party. Self-interested thinking = subjectivism
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1. STATEMENTS (con’t) ❖ A fact is a statement that can be verified. It can be proven to be true or false through objective evidence. ❖ An opinion is a statement that expresses a feeling, an attitude, a value judgment, or a belief. It is a statement that is neither true nor false. Examples:
2. NON-STATEMENTS
Be critical with nonstatement-looking sentences
This rhetorical question is in fact a statement: Smoking is bad for heath.
This imperative is in fact a statement: You should not read beauty magazines. Be critical with nonstatement-looking sentences Consider the meaning, not form, to decide on a statement or non-statement.
This is an argument in which the speaker uses a fact to support his/her opinion.
Dr. K, Director of National Institute of Public Health, said in an interview that people should take the booster vaccines to have better protection against the virus variants. Therefore, I’ll take the 3rd booster vaccine and even the fourth. Dr. K, Director of National Institute of Public Health, said in an interview that people should take the booster vaccines to have better protection against the virus variants. Therefore, I’ll take the 3rd booster vaccine and even the fourth.
This is an argument in which the speaker uses an opinion to support his/her opinion.
