Media, Information and Technoculture 1025F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: False Dilemma, Causal Reasoning, Chris Hedges

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 1025F/G
• Professor: Paul Benedetti

Document Summary

Critical thinking : the systematic evaluation or formulation of beliefs, or statements, The quality of your beliefs is the fundamental concern of critical thinking. Statement : an assertion that something is or is not the case reasons for accepting another statement(conclusion) Argument: a statement or combination of statements(premises) supposedly providing. Explanation : an explanation gives us why or how something is the case. An argument gives us reasons for believing something is the case, while explanation gives us why or how. Hindrances arise because of how we think (fears, attitudes, motivation, and. Hindrances occur because of what we think (beliefs about beliefs) desires) Tempted to accept a claim only to save face. Be alert to ways that critical thinking can be undermined. Ensure that nothing has been left out. Failure to consider evidence that do not support your preferred arguments. Presume that your own group is the best (ethnocentrism)