MODR 1730 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Modus Ponens, Modus Tollens, Deductive Reasoning
12 Oct 2016
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The systematic evaluation or formulation of beliefs or statements by rational standards . All of these senses of the term critical are connotations associated with the idea of critical thinking but the denotative meaning of critical in this context is, Critical thinking is a set of distinct procedures and methods used to assess the value of, and create, beliefs and statements that are based on logically well supported principles and judgment. Three different kinds of thinking (dualistic, relativistic, critical) Dualistic: presumes there are right & wrong answers, makes an opposition between two ideas/concepts, one term of the opposition is given more value than the other. Relativistic: there are no right or wrong answers, ideas are all different but have equal value, there is no standard of truth by which we could determine what is right or wrong. Philosophical skepticism the view that we know much less than we think or that we know nothing at all.
