PHIL 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Critical Thinking, Airport Security
10 Feb 2016
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It is not just finding fault with people, being negative. Not being argumentative, i. e. not arguing for the sake of arguing. Not knowing a lot, possessing a lot of information. A short answer, provided by a prominent text puts it this way: The systematic evaluation or formulation of beliefs or statements by rational standards. Analyzing, interpreting, criticizing and evaluating beliefs, claims, theories, arguments, policies using. A variety of different skills, techniques, methods, procedures and standards in order to. Avoid false belief, solve problems and arrive at more accurate and complete beliefs and theories. At any given time each us has a complex system of belief about the world. Our system of belief is sort of like a mental map of what the world is like. So it is important that our system be true, accurate and as complete as possible b/c we use it to find our way around in the world.
