Critical Thinking Vocab 1 Crossword
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2) It is the basis for our instinctual thought. People need no training to believe what they want to believe: what serves their immediate interests, what preserves their sense of personal comfort and righteousness, what minimizes their sense of inconsistency, and what presupposes their own correctness.5) Correct reasoning or the study of correct reasoning and its foundations. The relationships between propositions (supports, assumes, implies, contradicts, counts against, is relevant to . . . ). The system of principles, concepts, and assumptions that underlie any discipline, activity, or practice. 6) A statement accepted or supposed as true without proof or demonstration; an unstated premise or belief. To take for granted or to presuppose.7) To assert the opposite of; to go against; a statement in opposition to another.9) A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn. A starting point of reasoning. |
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1) Conformity to knowledge, fact, actuality, or logic: a statement proven to be or accepted.3) Disciplined, self-directed thinking which exemplifies the perfections of thinking appropriate to a particular mode or domain of thinking. Thinking that displays mastery of intellectual skills and abilities.
4) That which conforms to principles of good reasoning, is sensible, shows good judgment, is consistent, logical, complete, and relevant.8) The act of having a clear and justifiable grasp of what is so or of how to do something. 9) The quality of being accurate, definite, and exact. The standards and modes of precision vary according to subject and context. 10) Critical thinkers need to be able to monitor their egocentric feelings and use their rational passions to reason themselves into feelings appropriate to the situation as it really is, rather than to how it seems to their infantile ego. 11) The basic inclusive word for the imparting of knowledge or skills. It usually connotes some individual attention to the learner. 12) Understanding and good sense. Whenever we form a belief or opinion, make a decision, or act, we do so on the basis of implicit or explicit of this reaction.13) A belief; typically one open to dispute. Sheer unreasoned thought; should be distinguished from beliefs formed on the basis of careful reasoning. |
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