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Elements of Reasonin
Critical Thinking Elements
Question | Answer |
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Purpose | The goal or objective. |
Question | What needs to be solved? |
Point of View | From what perspective is an issue being looked at or characterized? |
Information | Statistical data, our observations, others' testimony, etc. |
Assumptions | Something taken for granted as true in order to figure out something else. |
Inferences | Beginning with something we know (or believe we know)and figure out something else based on it. |
Implications | What follows from our reasoning, good or bad. |
Concepts | General categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify information in our thinking. |
You think for a | PURPOSE |
Within a | POINT OF VIEW |
Based on | ASSUMPTIONS |
Leading to | IMPLICATIONS |
You use | INFORMATION |
To make | INFERENCES |
Based on | CONCEPTS |
To answer a | QUESTION or solve a problem |
Fundamental Structures of Thought orThe Elements of Reasoning | Purpose, Point of View, Assumptions, Implications, Information, Inferences, Concepts, Question. |