Critical Thinking and Logic C168 WGU

What is critical thinking? - -An intellectual model for understanding issues and forming reasonable and informed views on them. Involves analyzing, evaluating, and improving one's own thinking Thinking about thinking in order to make thinking better Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions - -1. Analyzing one's own thinking- breaking it down into its component parts. 2. Evaluating one's own thinking- identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths. 3. Improv...

Egocentrism - -The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important. Fair-mindedness - -The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without regard to one's own sentiments or selfish interests. Fallacies - -Flaws or errors in reasoning which, when found in the premise of an argument, invalidate its conclusion. Intellectual cowardice - -Fear of ideas or viewpoints that do not conform to one's own. ...