Notes Chapter 1 Critical Thinking Facts and Feelings A fundamental concern of critical thinking is This means that critical thinking is not about what you think but you think Critical thinking focuses not on what a belief but on whether it is A belief is worth believing or accepting if we have The better the reasons for acceptance the more likely the belief is to be CRITICAL THINKING The systematic evaluation or formulation of beliefs or statements by rational standards What makes it systematic How does it entail evaluation and formulation How does it operate according to rational standards Summarize in your own words what you have read learned so far Why It Matters A consequence of believing whatever others such as your parents friends influencers etc think is a loss of personal freedom From what you read what does the above statement mean Thus in the most profound sense critical thinking is not only enlightening but also empowering This empowerment can take several forms List these forms below In a very important sense critical thinking is thinking outside the box How so Claims and Reasons A statement is an assertion that something Statements or claims are the kinds of things that are either or Explain why each of these is NOT a statement Does a triangle have three sides Turn that music off Hey dude Great balls of fire Statements backed by reasons are worthy of acceptance Reasons and Arguments are the main focus of critical thinking They are the most important tool we have for evaluating the our own and those of others and for formulating statements that are worthy of acceptance The statements reasons given in support of another statement are called the The statement that the premises are intended to support is called the We can define an argument then like this ARGUMENT A group of statements in which some of them the are intended to support another of them the Summarize in your own words what you have learned in this section of the text about arguments and the relationship between premises and conclusions Sometimes people also confuse explanations with arguments An argument gives us reasons for believing that that a claim is An explanation though tells us why or Arguments have something to prove explanations do not What are indicator words List some examples of premise indicator words List some examples of conclusion indicator words Probably the best advice for anyone trying to uncover or dissect arguments is this Find the first
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