Critical Thinking and Argumentation

This video covers introductory critical thinking. It explains the standard form, premises, conclusions, and arguments.

Textbook:
Bowell, Tracy, and Gary Kemp. Critical Thinking : A Concise Guide, Routledge, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib....

Phil 110 Week 1 Lecture
Critical Thinking: Careful thinking, that is directed towards a goal.
It is done for a purpose, it follows standards, and it exercises said standards to a degree of accuracy.
o Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
o Critical thinking is surprisingly controversial.
You cannot think critical about something you don’t understand.
These lectures will help you develop the research skills to grow to understand a variety of topics.
You will learn tools of rhetoric and logic to help understand arguments you find in the world.

Tools of Arguments
Persuasion: Convince of something
Can be argumentative or non-argumentative
Arguments: Persuade with reasons
Explanations look like arguments but aren’t arguments.

Arguments contain a set of propositions and a conclusion.
Conclusion indicators:
So
Therefore
Hence
Thus

Proposition indicator
Because
Implies
Establishes
Shows

Standard Form
Premise 1
Premise 2
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Conclusion