HONORS CRITICAL THINKING



HONORS CRITICAL THINKING

REVIEW TOPICS FOR FINAL EXAM

IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SENTENCES (mere consistency, positive support, negative support, logical inconsistency, logical implication)

IDENTIFYING PREMISES (sometimes implicit) AND CONCLUSIONS (sometimes implicit)

ANALYZING ARGUMENTS FROM ANALOGY

Identifying the Conclusion

Identifying the Selected Characteristic

Identifying the Primary Subject

Identifying the Analogue

Structuring the argument

The premise that asserts the analogy

The premise that assigns the selected characteristic to the analogue

Conclusion: assigns the selected characteristic to the primary subject

ANALYZING ALL-THINGS-CONSIDERED ARGUMENTS

Identifying the Conclusion

Identifying the Counterconsiderations

Identifying the Responses to Counter-considerations

ANALYZING INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS

Identifying the Conclusion

Identifying the Selected Characteristic

Identifying the sample

Identifying the population

Structuring the argument

The premise(s) that assigns the selected characteristic to the sample members

The conclusion that assigns the selected characteristic to the population

ANALYZING CAUSAL ARGUMENTS

Identifying the Conclusion (causal statement)

Identifying the

Identifying the sample

Identifying the population

Structuring the argument

The premise that asserts the correlation

The premise that assigns the selected characteristic to the analogue

The conclusion that assigns the selected characteristic to the primary subject

DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS: CATEGORICAL

Representing statements in categorical logic on Venn diagrams

DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS: SENTENTIAL LOGIC

Translating English sentences into symbols

Representing symbolized symbols using truth tables

Showing the relationship between 2 symbolized sentences using truth tables (equivalence, implication)]

Using a truth table to show whether an argument is valid

ETHICS

Difference between Moral Relativism and Universalism

Difference between Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics

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