SSH 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Critical Thinking
3 Dec 2018
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Whenever we have reasons for our beliefs, we can organize them into an argument. Look for a conclusion and look for premises. If there are no indicators, you could try inserting one between the assertions to see which makes most sense. Sometimes, we have many different reasons to believe something or to do something. Sometimes our reasons work together in complex ways. Each would support the conclusion even if the other premise were false. Neither would support the conclusion if the other premise were false. Sees whether some conclusion key words occur only in one premise and other key words only in another. If so, then the premises are probably dependent. Either premise on its own, even if the other one was false, would be reason to accept the conclusion. An argument supporting one of the premises in an argument. Critical thinking demands that we have acceptable and sufficient reasons for our beliefs and decisions.
