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WGU Critical Thinking -D265 (108 questions already graded A+).
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WGU Critical Thinking -D265(108 questions already graded
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Critical thinking
primarily the ability to think carefully about
thinking and reasoning—to criticize your own
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."
Being curious and thinking creatively:
not believing things are simple and settled, being
willing to go the next step and think about all of
the possible positions and arguments before
settling into a position.
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Separating the thinker from the position:
being able to discuss a position without attacking
or judging the person holding the position, without
getting caught up in our own attachment to the
position or its antithesis, 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 flawed 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 counteracting these biases
and flaws.
Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity:
very important:
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
disposition 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.
Propositions
statements that can be true or false.
Non-propositions
Sentences that are not statements about matters
of fact (or fiction). They do not make a claim that
can be true or false.
Exhort
to urge strongly, Example: Let's go to get dinner!
Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
Command
give an authoritative order. Example: Go to the
store later to buy me some cheese. Don't do that.
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