Smart Thinking
Aspects of smart thinking; • Reasoning: core of the smart thinking. Reasons support claims and help to being rational. • Argument: most essential thing in critical thinking. A statement expressing a reason or reasons used to show that another statement is true or likely to be true. • Premises - statements (reasons) given in support of another statement. • Conclusion - statement that the premises are intended to support. Arguments vs explanations; • Arguments give reasons for believing that something is the case. • An explanation tells us why or how something is the case. One of the key ingredients of successful thinking and analysis, and of the effective use of reasoning, is our own attitude. Another skill which...