What are the three fundamental reasoning strategies listed in the
text? Your Answer:
The three fundamental reasoning strategies are
1) comparative reasoning
2) ideological reasoning
3) empirical reasoning
What is comparative reasoning? On what skill is it
based? Your Answer:
Comparative Reasoning "enables us to make interpretations, draw inferences
or offer explanations by relying on something that is more familiar to
understand something that is less familiar" (Facione and Gittens, 2016)
We learned four tests for evaluating arguments: truthfulness of the premises,
logical strength, relevance, and non-circularity. How well do these tests work
with respect to evaluating comparative reasoning? Consider each of the four
tests.
Your Answer:
truthfulness of the premises: this test does not work well when evaluating
comparative reasoning because words like true or false are not favorable
when evaluating comparison.
logical strength: this test helps us categorize comparison as " more or less
plausible" relevance: this test helps us establish relevance of the comparison
between topics.
non-circularity: "comparative inferences should flow from what we know to
what we project to be true."
Question 4
Briefly explain how we can determine if one comparison is more
comprehensive than another.
Your Answer:
There are four tests we can apply to a comparison to determine if it is
comprehensive or not. The four tests are
1) Are all premises true?
2) Are there counterexamples and how difficult is it to imagine them?
, 3) Are the premises relevant to the truth of the conclusion?
text? Your Answer:
The three fundamental reasoning strategies are
1) comparative reasoning
2) ideological reasoning
3) empirical reasoning
What is comparative reasoning? On what skill is it
based? Your Answer:
Comparative Reasoning "enables us to make interpretations, draw inferences
or offer explanations by relying on something that is more familiar to
understand something that is less familiar" (Facione and Gittens, 2016)
We learned four tests for evaluating arguments: truthfulness of the premises,
logical strength, relevance, and non-circularity. How well do these tests work
with respect to evaluating comparative reasoning? Consider each of the four
tests.
Your Answer:
truthfulness of the premises: this test does not work well when evaluating
comparative reasoning because words like true or false are not favorable
when evaluating comparison.
logical strength: this test helps us categorize comparison as " more or less
plausible" relevance: this test helps us establish relevance of the comparison
between topics.
non-circularity: "comparative inferences should flow from what we know to
what we project to be true."
Question 4
Briefly explain how we can determine if one comparison is more
comprehensive than another.
Your Answer:
There are four tests we can apply to a comparison to determine if it is
comprehensive or not. The four tests are
1) Are all premises true?
2) Are there counterexamples and how difficult is it to imagine them?
, 3) Are the premises relevant to the truth of the conclusion?
