CRITICAL THINKING EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS\Grade A+
Why is Critical thinking reasonable?
Critical thinking requires that we have reasons for our beliefs and our decisions.
What does Critical thinking and Reason require?
Strategies and methods to make sure that we have good reasons, and that our reasons are good
ones.
Critical thinking is reflective thinking! Why?
Because we have to reflect on the methods and strategies as we use them.
What is knowledge?
Knowledge is justified true belief
What is the 3 elements of Knowledge?
1. Justification
2. Truth
,3. Belief
To know something you need to have all 3 elements!
you have to believe it, it has to be true and it has to have good evidence.
Example of false knowledge ?!? (Santa is fake news !!!!!) Something that is not TRUE
Kids believe that Santa is real because their parents told them, their friends, plus they have
evidence that he is real because he leaves presents under the Christmas tree. Sadly, Santa is not
a true person which would mean that kids knowledge of Santa is false.
Example of someone who believes and is right (but do not really know because evidence is not
JUSTIFIED)
Someone looks at a clock and it says 3:50 so she believes that it is 3:50. It turns out that it was
actually 3:50 so that person was right. Although she was right about the time, the clock has
been broken for weeks and weeks meaning that her belief is not justified. So overall, she was
right but it was not based on good evidence.
Example of someone who has lots of evidence of something and is true, but they cant bring
themselves to believe it. (BELIEVE)
Someone that believes that vaccines are dangerous even though it has been proven to be safe
through saving millions of people. People that deny the true evidence but don't believe it are in
denial.
Three attitudes one might have to claims in some subject matter?
, 1. Realism
2. Relativism
3. Nihilism
What is realism?
If you are a realist about a subject matter that means you believe that there are facts that
support the subject matter. Whatever they are independently of us.
A good example of being a realist is mathematics!!!
If you are in a restaurant and what to give the waiter a 15% tip on a $233 bill it would make
absolute sense to use a realist approach. It is a fact that their is a certain number that would
equal 15%. Its a fact that you can either get right or wrong. (CHEM, BIOLOGY are other good
examples).
What this Nihilism?
Having a Nihilistic attitude towards a subject matter says that you believe there a no facts there
at all. Its an empty subject matter and theres nothing to really get right or wrong.
Harry potter is a good example of Nihilism!
Harry potter is not a real person. So there is no facts what type of person they were. Theres no
facts. Theres no facts about people but there is evidence for the story. (Astrology is another
example of Nihilism)
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS\Grade A+
Why is Critical thinking reasonable?
Critical thinking requires that we have reasons for our beliefs and our decisions.
What does Critical thinking and Reason require?
Strategies and methods to make sure that we have good reasons, and that our reasons are good
ones.
Critical thinking is reflective thinking! Why?
Because we have to reflect on the methods and strategies as we use them.
What is knowledge?
Knowledge is justified true belief
What is the 3 elements of Knowledge?
1. Justification
2. Truth
,3. Belief
To know something you need to have all 3 elements!
you have to believe it, it has to be true and it has to have good evidence.
Example of false knowledge ?!? (Santa is fake news !!!!!) Something that is not TRUE
Kids believe that Santa is real because their parents told them, their friends, plus they have
evidence that he is real because he leaves presents under the Christmas tree. Sadly, Santa is not
a true person which would mean that kids knowledge of Santa is false.
Example of someone who believes and is right (but do not really know because evidence is not
JUSTIFIED)
Someone looks at a clock and it says 3:50 so she believes that it is 3:50. It turns out that it was
actually 3:50 so that person was right. Although she was right about the time, the clock has
been broken for weeks and weeks meaning that her belief is not justified. So overall, she was
right but it was not based on good evidence.
Example of someone who has lots of evidence of something and is true, but they cant bring
themselves to believe it. (BELIEVE)
Someone that believes that vaccines are dangerous even though it has been proven to be safe
through saving millions of people. People that deny the true evidence but don't believe it are in
denial.
Three attitudes one might have to claims in some subject matter?
, 1. Realism
2. Relativism
3. Nihilism
What is realism?
If you are a realist about a subject matter that means you believe that there are facts that
support the subject matter. Whatever they are independently of us.
A good example of being a realist is mathematics!!!
If you are in a restaurant and what to give the waiter a 15% tip on a $233 bill it would make
absolute sense to use a realist approach. It is a fact that their is a certain number that would
equal 15%. Its a fact that you can either get right or wrong. (CHEM, BIOLOGY are other good
examples).
What this Nihilism?
Having a Nihilistic attitude towards a subject matter says that you believe there a no facts there
at all. Its an empty subject matter and theres nothing to really get right or wrong.
Harry potter is a good example of Nihilism!
Harry potter is not a real person. So there is no facts what type of person they were. Theres no
facts. Theres no facts about people but there is evidence for the story. (Astrology is another
example of Nihilism)
