reasoning 1
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Reasoning
Elementary critical thinking skills
Reasoning: the ability to use the thinking capacity of the human mind
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Helps us to solve problems
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Allows us to make judgments
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Helps us to make decisions
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Helps us to learn from experience
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It can be done well or poorly.
Why study reasoning?
It is part of our human potential; to be fully human we must choose to use it.
It will be useful in college and the “real” world.
Why study reasoning?
It will facilitate discussion in class—we will have a common vocabulary for identifying mistakes.
Why study reasoning?
It will protect us from charlatans—people who would distort the truth in an attempt to manipulate us for their gain.
Why study reasoning?
Reasoning: caution
Logic/Reasoning is not meant to be a weapon to diminish others. We employ it for the benefit of all in our quest for the truth.