WGU C168 (Critical Thinking and Logic June 2017) Correct 100%

WGU C168 (Critical Thinking and Logic June 2017) Correct 100% Clarity - ANSWER Being unambiguous and easily understood Purpose - ANSWER The goal or objective of reasoning Concepts - ANSWER General categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify information used in our thinking Inference - ANSWER A logical process of drawing conclusions Precision - ANSWER Being precise or exact Implication - ANSWER What logically follows from reasoning Assumptions - ANSWER Unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning about something Point of view - ANSWER The particular perspective from which something is observed or thought through Accuracy - ANSWER Being near to the true value or meaning of something Egocentrism - ANSWER The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important Fair-mindedness - ANSWER The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without regard to one's own sentiments or selfish interests Fallacies - ANSWER Flaws or errors in reasoning which, when found in the premise of an argument, invalidate its conclusion Intellectual cowardice - ANSWER Fear of ideas or viewpoints that do not conform to one's own Intellectual empathy - ANSWER The act of routinely inhabiting the perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them Intellectual humility - ANSWER Openness to the possibility that one's beliefs are mistaken and a willingness to reevaluate them in the face of new evidence or persuasive counterarguments