SOCI 2P00 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Critical Thinking
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Reasons are beliefs, evidence, metaphors, analogies and other statements offered to support or justify a conclusion: they are statements that form the basis for creating the credibility of a conclusion. You cannot determine the worth of a conclusion until you identify the reasons. Reasons are explanations or rationales for why we should believe a particular conclusion. Several characteristics of arguments grab out attention: they have intent. Those who provide arguments hope to convince us to believe certain things or to act in certain ways. They call for a reaction and we must respond somehow: their quality varies. Critical thinking is required to determine the extent of quality in an argument: 2 essential visible components a conclusion and reasons. Failure to identify either destroys the opportunity to evaluate the argument. Argument: consists of a conclusions and the reasons that allegedly support it. Why does the writer/speaker believe that conclusions: the statements that answer the questions are the reasons.
