PHI 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Critical Thinking, Fallacy, Co-Premise

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Sascha Maicher

Document Summary

Critical thinking: the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment; thinking. The purpose of critical thinking is to come to correct conclusions. Philosophy: the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. When we come to a conclusion we have a belief. Claim: when a belief (judgment, opinion) is asserted in a declarative sentence (one that states a fact), the result is a claim or statement. Objective claim: a statement that is not made true or false by the speaker or writer"s thinking. Whether it"s true or false is independent of whether people think it"s true or false. Ex: there is life on mars whether people think there is life on mars actually has nothing to do with whether there is actually life on mars or not. Ex: i could think there is no life on mars when their actually is.