WGU D265 CRITICAL THINKING REASON AND EVIDENCE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM (ACTUAL EX AM) LATEST 2024 WITH 180 EXPERT CERTIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ 100% PASS Propositions - ANSWER>>>are statements that can be true or false. are either simple or complex. Complex propositions are composed of multiple simple propositions. Simple propositions - ANSWER>>>are true or false based on how the world is, while complex pr opositions are true or false based on whether the simple propositions that make them up are true or false and how they are connected. Critical thinking - ANSWER>>>is primarily the ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning —to criticize your o wn reasoning. "Criticize" here is not meant in the sense of being mean or talking down or making fun of. Instead, it is used in the sense of, for example, how a coach might take a critical stance toward a players' skills —he throws high every time, she does not lead with her foot, they ride too forward in the saddle, etc. "Critical" here means something more like "reflective," "careful," or "attentive to potential errors. Critical thinking - ANSWER>>>Being curious and thinking creatively: not believing thin gs are simple and settled, being willing to go the next step and think about all relevant positions and arguments before settling into a belief. Separating the thinker from the position: being able to discuss a position without attacking or judging the pe rson holding the position, without getting caught up in our own attachment to a position, and without having our identities wrapped up in a particular viewpoint or opinion. Knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of thought: being aware of the f lawed patterns of reasoning we are disposed to engage in, being aware of cognitive biases and mental heuristics (rough rules that work well enough to survive but don't work in many cases) that we're prone as a species to have, all in the interest of counte racting these biases and flaws. Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity: being honest about what we know and how we know it, what evidence we have and what questions are not yet settled; being humble in recognizing the vast number of things we don't yet know or understand and in recognizing how very difficult it is to truly know anything at all and so recognizing that the standards are high and we, most of the time, don't meet them (and that's okay); and being charitable or having the dispositio n to attribute the best intentions and most sophisticated positions and arguments that we can imagine to our opponents in arguments. Understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence: thinking carefully about thinking, about arguments and positions. Proposi tions - ANSWER>>>Propositions are statements that can be true or false. This is the fundamental concept. Take the time to understand it clearly. If a sentence can be true or false, then it expresses a proposition. Note that a sentence and a proposition ar e not the same thing. Not all sentences express propositions. Non -propositions - ANSWER>>>are not statements about matters of fact. They do not make a claim that can be true or false. They do these things: Exhort: Let's go get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday! Command: Go to the store later to buy me some cheese. Don't do that. Plead/Request: Would you please stop that? Please read me a bedtime story! Question: What is the capital of Florida? How much do the pineapples cost? Perform: I hereby adjourn th is meeting. I pronounce you husband and wife! Question - 1 - Which sentence is a non -proposition? - ANSWER>>>Where are the keys to my car? Correct: This is a question, which cannot be true or false, so it is a non -
proposition. Question 2 Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year. Where is the president right now? Let's go ask whether the deal was closed. - ANSWER>>>In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a proposition? It has had a great year. Simple propositions - ANSWER>> >have no internal logical structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Canada is $1.7 trillion. The sky is blu e. Freedom should be the highest value for its citizens. Harry Potter wears glasses. Complex propositions - ANSWER>>>have internal logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple propositions. Whether complex propositions are true or false depends on whether their parts are true or false and how those parts are connected. The GDP of Canada is either $3 trillion or it is $12 trillion.True whether the GDP is $3 trillion or the GDP is $12 trillion The sky is blue, but it does not look blue to me righ t now.True if the sky is blue and it does not look blue to me right now If freedom should be the highest value for its citizens, then we should promote it in our laws and policies. True if it cannot be that "freedom should be the highest value for its citizens" is true while "we should promote freedom in our laws and policies" is false. Breaking Down Complex Propositions - ANSWER>>>Breaking down complex propositions usually involves identifying the little sentences that make up a complex sentence. In the sentence "Bobby doesn't want to play basketball, but he does want to play video games," Notice that the "but" connects two independent thoughts: Bobby does not want to play basketball. Bobby wants to play video games. "Either you know everything there is to know, or I'm a fool and you're not as smart as I thought you were." This sentence breaks down into three separate propositions, since there is an "either . . . or . . ." and also an "and."
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