Critical Thinking Reference

This is the root page of reference material for The Five Disciplines of Thought, working copy, Spring 2009

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Exercises

• Arguments for Reconstruction
• Assessing Rationales
• Coached Discussion
• Distinguishing Argument and Explanation in a Reflective Context
• Identifying rationales
• Reflective Voice Paper

Topics

• Burden of Proof
• Case Study of a Reconstruction #1
• Glossary of Critical Thinking Terms
• Categorical Logic
• Deductive Argument Forms
• Form in Explanation
• Inductive Argument Forms
• Logical Structure in Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
• Placebo Effect
• Presumption
• Propositional Logic
• Quantitative Information in Knowledge Claims
• Some Terms for Describing Your Reflective Voice
• The Theory of Rationales
• Thinking and the Nature of thought