Critical Thinking - Term Notes

The Starting Point. The unexamined life is not worth living - Socrates Know Thyself - Oracle at Delphi Something to think about Would you rather know the truth; how things really are without a doubt. What influences Identity? culture - the era in which you live, the place you live (geography) -genetics - inherited dispositions -school -religion -family -friends -life experiences -tradition -media Birth Order(rd Born to Rebel by Frank Sulloway) Oldest:responsible, aggressive, …

…member of S has characteristic C, Therefore, 3)M (a particular member of S) has characteristic C “Whole to Part” 1)W has characteristic C, therefore, 2)Every part of W has characteristic C, therefore 3)P (a particular part of W) has characteristic C Fallacy of Composition “Part to Whole” 1)Every part or W has characteristic C, therefore, 2)W has characteristic C “Member to Collection” 1)Every member of set S has characteristic C, therefore, 2)S has characteristic C