Critical Thinking Key Terms

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H I Q N P A A R P U P N X Q N N E B Q M Y
D E V M U P I O C Q B X S H V H S R C J C
E G J P N P R T X F E N A V W A T A V U I
C A G R R E E A U X G P L E Y S R P X S M
N P E F E A T C P E G R B G O T A P X K U
E P D B L L I I D E I M V B G Y W E B E P
D E J L A T R D M B N H D R K G P A K M W
I A V R T O C N K F G F G I W E E L Q X P
V L J F E T Y I K N T J Y H V N R T L G O
E T T W D R T T C X H U S P W E S O J L C
Y O M K C A I N J O E I B C A R O P B P E
R A D V O D L E K I Q C S Q Q A N O M Y I
A U A B N I I M F A U Y M E S L S P L O X
D T G S C T B U B N E T S A C I T U D R A
N H G G L I I G N F S S O R I S R L L S R
O O D E U O D R S P T A A E Q A A A Q I L
C R S M S N E A W J I M Y E J T W R C N R
E I Q T I F R N N U O H L Q Q I M I N U C
S T V A O O C P D F N X O S X O A T K O D
D Y O I N C D E W L P C F O U N N Y A C H
G Q U A O E T L L J M X P C D T I N J R L

Clues

  • A word that shows that a reason or conclusion might be coming up e.g because (8, 9)
  • If an argument is begging the question you have to accept the conclusion before you can accept the reasons (7, 3, 8)
  • Part of an argument that refers to the opinion of an expert or someone in charge to justify a conclusion (6, 2, 9)
  • Part of an argument that tries to persuade you that a conclusion is true because lots of people believe it is (6, 2, 10)
  • Part of an argument that tries to persuade you that just because something's been done a certain way in the past, that's the way it should be done now (6, 2, 9)
  • Second-hand evidence which comes through another person- indirect (9, 8)
  • Tools that can be used to help judge the credibility of a document, person or organisation. (11, 8)
  • When an argument misrepresents or distorts a counter-argument to make it easier to dismiss (5, 11, 3)
  • When an argument uses a claim about a few things to support a conclusion about lots of things, or everything (5, 14)
  • When an argument's reasons are about different things (also called arguing from one thing to another) (9, 10)

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