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Vocabulary Hum
Humanities 115: Critical thinking
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ambiguous | Having two or more meanings, meaning depends on what context it is used in ` |
| Assume | Take for granted based on assumptions |
| Assumption | Statement accepted as true without proof |
| Bias | Mental inclination or leaning Can be neutral, just your Point of view, Or negative which is an opinion formed before the facts |
| Concept | Idea, thought or generalized idea of class of things and the vocabulary that is related |
| Consequences | Outcome, effect, or result of something occurring earlier |
| Critical Thinking | Thinking about you thinking with view to improve it |
| Egocentricity | Self Centeredness to view everything in relation to ones self |
| Empirical | Provable or verifiable by experiment or experience |
| Evidence | something that makes something else evident |
| Implication/Imply | Logical relationship between ideas and things |
| Indoctrination | Siding within one partisan or sectarian opinion, often related with brainwashing |
| Infer/Inference | Concluding something is so in light of something else being so or seeming so |
| Insight | ability to see clearly or deeply and to understand the underlying truth of things |
| Irrational/Irrationality | Lacking power to reason, or contrary to logic or reason |
| Logic | Correct reasoning or study or correct reasoning and its foundations |
| Perspective | Seeing information or data in meaningful relation to each other |
| Point Of View | The precise place from which you view something |
| Prejudice | Judgement or opinion formed before relevant facts are known |
| Proof | Evidence so strong it true beyond reasonable doubt |
| Purpose | Something one is hoping to accomplish |
| Rationalize | To ascribe ones acts to reasonable causes but they are not true causes |
| Reciprocity | Empathy, learning to thinks as oters do or to enter their point of view |
| Relevance | Directly related to the matter or question at hand |
| Sociocentricity | Belief in superiority of ones own group or culture, tend to judge others point of views |
| Socratic Critical Thinker | Critical thinkers who avoid the use of deception or manipulation when dealing with others |
| Socratic Questioning | Mode of questioning that probes meaning justification or logical strength of a claim, position or line or reasoning |
| Theory | Group of general propositions used as explanations of for a class of phenomena. |
| Vested Interest | Promoting personal advantage, usually at the expense of others |
| Worldview | Your way of looking at the world, based mainly on assumptions |
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