Critical thinking skills and argument evaluation

This week’s topics

Critical thinking skills and argument evaluation

1. Analytical reading strategies
2. Inference and interpretation
3. Identifying cognitive biases and logical fallacies
4. Criteria for testing argument robustness
5. Critical Thinking 10e:Master Logic, Expose Fallacies, and Navigate Cognitive Biases in Argumentation
6. CRITICAL THINKING - Fallacies: Formal and Informal Fallacies

What you will be able to do

• 3.2 Explain different critical thinking skills.
• 3.4 Explain how to apply techniques to evaluate an argument.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain different critical thinking skills.

Study materials

Videos

• Critical Thinking 10e:Master Logic, Expose Fallacies, and Navigate Cognitive Biases in Argumentation · YouTube · 1B1D · 8 min · for registered students
• CRITICAL THINKING - Fallacies: Formal and Informal Fallacies · YouTube · Wireless Philosophy · 7 min · for registered students
• Critical Thinking - Alex Edmans · YouTube · Gresham College · 64 min · for registered students

Further resources

• College Success, 7.3–7.4: Analytical and critical thinking · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 208–213 · for registered students
• Writing Guide, 11.1: Developing Your Sense of Logic · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 352–355 · for registered students
• Scaffolding Critical Reading · PDF · ERIC, article · for registered students