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How to be a Reasonable Person: A Short Introduction to Thinking Critically
Critical Thinking is widely claimed as an “infused” general education outcome. This brief primer is the resource I use to infuse critical thinking into my philosophy classes. I teach philosophy as a vehicle for instilling good critical thinking skills. This involves some dedicated instruction, generally a week and a half or so at the outset of every course. This is then followed by philosophy curriculum that is designed to cultivate and reinforce the critical thinking skills I start with.
- Author
- W. Russ Payne
- Publisher
- Bellevue College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
Contents· 27 sections
- 01: Introduction
- 02: A Framework for Inquiry
- 2.01: Subjects and Objects
- 2.02: Truth
- 2.03: Reasonableness
- 2.04: Inquiry is a Social Enterprise
- 2.05: The Fruits of Inquiry
- 03: What it is Like to be Reasonable
- 3.01: Personal Traits of Reasonable People
- 3.02: Reasonable Communities
- 04: Logic
- 4.01: Arguments
- 4.02: Evidence
- 4.03: Support
- 4.04: Deductive Validity
- 4.05: Logical Form
- 4.06: Validitys Multiple Functions
- 4.07: Inductive Strength
- 4.08: Inference to the Best Explanation
- 05: Logical Fallacies
- 5.01: Ad hominem
- 5.02: False Dichotomy
- 5.03: Straw Man
- 5.04: Hasty generalization
- 5.05: Spurious Correlation
- 5.06: Confirmation bias
- 06: Conclusion