Knowledge and Sense Perception

Question 1

What is critical thinking?

Answer 1

Taking everything into consideration and making conclusions based on your thinking
- interdisciplinary

Question 2

What does “active” mean?

Answer 2

Always engaged (as opposed to passive)

Question 3

What does “persistent” mean?

Answer 3

Continuing until satisfied (continued and thorough explanation)

Question 4

What are “grounds”?

Answer 4

Proof; support (reasons)

Question 5

What are “further conclusions”?

Answer 5

Conclusions deduced from thinking (implications)

Question 6

What is “skilled”?

Answer 6

Requires practice (thinking is not critical because it is intended)

Question 7

What is “active interpretation”?

Answer 7

Engage in deducing information

Question 8

What is “evaluation”?

Answer 8

Determining the value

Question 9

What are “observations”?

Answer 9

What is heard and said

Question 10

What is “information”?

Answer 10

Text

Question 11

What is “communication”?

Answer 11

Linguistic utterance

Question 12

What is “argumentation”?

Answer 12

Reasons for conclusion

Question 13

Ethics of Critical Thinking: 1

Answer 13

Knowledge is not fixed, but always subject ti re-examination and change

Question 14

Ethics of Critical Thinking: 2

Answer 14

There is no question which cannot, or should not, be asked

Question 15

Ethics of Critical Thinking: 3

Answer 15

Awareness of, and empathy for, alternative world views is essential

Question 16

Ethics of Critical Thinking: 4

Answer 16

There is need of tolerance for ambiguity

Question 17

Ethics of Critical Thinking: 5

Answer 17

There is need of a skeptical attitude towards text

Question 18

Prejudice and Certainty

Answer 18

• obvious things must be true
• can easily attain certainty
• critical thinking isn’t important/doesn’t apply to real world
• I know the truth
• standards are better than other people’s
• my culture is best