SSH 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Logical Form, Reasonable Doubt, Genetic Fallacy
28 Apr 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The environment of critical thinking: ch02 (week 2) Critical thinking occurs in an inner mental environment (experiences, thoughts, feelings). Some aspects of this environment undermine our ability to think critically. But we can learn to overcome these elements: with practice, we can: Restrain attitudes and feelings that disrupt our reasoning. Achieve enough objectivity to make critical thinking possible. It houses the skills that apply to specific things: arguments. It doesn"t happen in a vacuum (well, very little does really) We are human beings, and human beings aren"t perfect. We can limit the imperfections by being aware, being careful and being motivated to get things right". Category 1: obstacles that arise because of how we think. Category 2: obstacles that occur because of what we think. Problematic way by which you come to believe a claim. Are ways by which you accept world views (a) self-interested thinking:
