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16 Cards in this Set
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Critical Thinking |
Disciplined thinking governed by clear intellectual standards |
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Elements of Critical Thinking |
1. Logical Consistency 2. Logical Possibility 3. Relations between concepts 4. Ability to formulate and evaluate arguments |
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Logical Consistency |
Claims can be all true at the same time |
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Logically Inconsistency |
There is a contradiction between claims |
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Types of Logical Possibilities |
1. Logical Possibilities 2. Casual Possibilities |
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Difference between Logical Possibility & Casual Possibilities |
LP does not entail a contradiction & can imagine it happening whereas CP doesn't defy the laws of nature (LP(CP)) |
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Relations between concepts |
1. Necessary Conditions 2. Sufficient Conditions |
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A is required for B to happen |
Necessary Conditions (No B without A) |
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C guarantees D to happen |
Sufficient Conditions (No C without D) |
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Structure of arguments |
Conclusion + premises |
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Reversible (A is requires for B) |
(B garuntees A) |
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Write-off fallacy |
Argument that something is not important because it's not necessary or sufficient, although it might make something more likely. |
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Conditional Statements |
After IF = Antecedent After Then or Only if = Consequent (Antecdent -> Consequent) |
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Consequent |
A necessary condition |
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Antecedent |
Sufficient Condition |
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Aim of arguments |
To rationally convince that a conclusion is true |
