Critical
Thinking Principles |
Principle Groups |
|
Logical
possibility
|
1 - 2 |
|
Physical
possibility
|
3 - 4 |
|
Personal
experience
|
5 - 6 |
|
Belief
vs. knowledge
|
7 - 9 |
|
Background
information
|
10 - 11 |
|
Evidence
/ experts for claims
|
12 - 15 |
|
Objective
reality
|
16 - 18 |
|
Scientific
method / hypotheses
|
19 - 21 |
|
Criteria
of adequacy for hypotheses
|
22 - 26 |
Surprise
Principle |
27 |
Major
Forms of Reasoning |
Sections |
Deductive
Arguments |
1 |
Non-Deductive
Arguments: Induction |
2 |
Non-Deductive
Arguments: Abduction |
3 |
Non-Deductive
Arguments: Analogy |
4 |
What
Is an Argument? |
5 |
