Chapter 1 Flashcards
What does critical thinkin g focus on ?
Critical thinking focuses not on what causes a belief but on whether it is worth believing.
What is critical thinking
The Systematic evaluation, formulation of beliefs or statements by rational standards
Why is critical thinking systematic
It involves distinct procedures and methods
What is logic
study of good reasoning, or inference, and the rules that govern it
What is a statement
An assertion that something is or is not the case
What is an argument
Group of statemetns in which some of them (the premises) are intended to support another of them ( the conclusion)
What is inference
The process of reasoning from a premise or premises to a conclusion based on those premises
What is an explanation
Why or how somethng is the case
What is a claim
A statement
Conclusion
In an argument. the statement that the premises are intended to support
Explanation
A statement or statemetns intended to tell why or how something is the case
What are indicator words
Words that are frequently found in argumetns and signal that a premise or conclusion is present
Premise
In an argument, a statemtn or reason given in support of the conclusion
