Critical Thinking Review

calmly and carefully thinking through the meaning of something; reaching conclusions through deductive/logical reasoning

• rational knowledge
• empirical knowledge
• critical thinking
• logic

relies on observation or experience to form an idea rather than trying to understand life from a non-physical or rational point of viewbased on experience and observations that are rational, testable, and repeatable

• rational knowledge
• empirical knowledge
• critical thinking
• logic

The system of principles of reasoning used to reach valid conclusions or make inferences.

• rational knowledge
• empirical knowledge
• critical thinking
• logic

A method of reasoning in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization.

• epistemology
• deductive reasoning
• critical thinking
• inductive reasoning

branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge

• epistemology
• deductive reasoning
• critical thinking
• inductive reasoning

reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.)

• epistemology
• deductive reasoning
• critical thinking
• inductive reasoning

Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

• Ad hominem
• Circular Reasoning
• Tu Quoque
• Ad Populum

You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.

• Non Sequitur 
• Slippery Slope
• Either-Or
• Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

He can't be a great athlete; he cheated on his wife.

• Ad Hominem
• Tu Populum
• False Dilemma
• Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

People either like coffee or hate it. 

• Ad Hominem
• False Dilemma
• Hasty Generalization
• Tu Quoque