SSH 105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Begging, Exponential Growth, Slippery Slope
9 Dec 2013
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Set of sentences that consists of premises that support the conclusion: conclusion. Statement that is supported by a premise(s: premise. Statement used to support a conclusion: critical thinking. Systematic (b/c it involves procedures and methods) evaluation or formulation of beliefs or statements by rational standards: explanation vs. argument. An explanation tells you why something happened. An argument tells you why you should believe something happened. Arguments have something to prove meanwhile explanations do not. The process of reasoning from a premise(s) to a conclusion based on those premises. The move from premise(s) to conclusion(s: statement/ assertion (claim) Assertion that something is or is not the case. Words that help indicate whether or not it is a conclusion or a premise. Conclusion indicators: thus, therefore, hence, entails, etc. Premise indicators: since, because, for, as, etc. Category one impediment- why you think (psychological: self-interested thinking. Accepting claims solely because it advances our own beliefs.
