HUMA 1770- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 55 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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Application of critical thinking by philosophy professor mark battersby. Critical thinking in a life and death situation. Our actions and reflections embodied the ideal of a liberal education: intellectual autonomy. A person who is good at dealing with experts and expertise outside their own field as a. Have a broad understanding of the intellectual landscape. Know how to evaluate information and claims outside their area of expertise. Can delve more deeply into an area of specialization with efficiency and appropriate confidence. Are an informed and appreciative audience for works of arts and science. Have an informed appreciation and understanding of the nature and society. Competent lay people know their intellectual limits, but also have confidence and competence to expand them. To be a reasonable skeptic is to have an intelligent interest in any given issue. A reasonable skeptic balances believing everything with questioning everything. They balance being naive - believing anything and being paranoid - questioning everything.
