Wednesday, August 21, 2019

ES2660: Ennis Summary and Review

Summary

Being a critical thinker means to
- Care that their beliefs are true and that their decisions are justified
- Seek alternative hypotheses, explanation, conclusion, plans and sources
- Consider and listen to other pov
- Be well informed
- seek and offer reason

Critical thinking abilities:
- Focus on question
- Analyze arguments
a. Conclusion
b. Reasons or premises
c. Simple assumptions
d. Structure of argument

-Ask and answer questions
a. why?
b. Whats the main point?
c. What do you mean by?
d. What would be an example?
e. What difference does it make?
h. What are the facts?

- Judge the credibility of a source.
- Observe and judge
- Dedude and judge deduction
- Make material inferences
- make and judge judgements
a. Background facts
b. Consequences
c. Alternatives
- Integrate the disposition and defend a decisions



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