SSH 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Critical Thinking

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Andrew Hunter

Document Summary

Argument: a statement providing reasons (premises) to accept another statement (conclusion) Critical thinking: the systematic evaluation/formulation of beliefs/statements by rational standards. Explanation: a statement/statements intended to tell why or how something is the case. Indicator words: words that frequently accompany arguments and signal that a premise or conclusion is present. Inference: move from a premise or premises to a conclusion logic: the study of good reasoning and the rules that govern it. Premises: statements given in support of another statement. Reason: grounds for believing that a statement is true statement: an assertion that something is or is not the case.