Critical thinking

This topic shows you how to think critically, find hidden contexts and read between the lines

Opening questions

Where does critical thinking come from?


Correct answer: it can be traced both, in the western tradition from Socrates in Ancient Greece and in eastern tradition in Ancient India
Premise is?


Correct answer: Statement, which aim is to give a reason for conclusion
Which of the following sentences is an assumption?


Correct answer: Climate change could cause extreme weather events
An argument is?


Correct answer: Series of sentences, statements and assumptions, which aim is to explain, persuade and reason
Which of the following sentences is NOT a fact?


Correct answer: Africans live in clay huts
Which of these options is an argument?


Correct answer: I won't buy clothes produced by this brand, because they also employ kids to work in their factories.
This is an argument. Premises in the argument are:
Premise (1): I do not buy clothes, which could be potentially produced by kids
Premise (2): Garment from of this brand is produced in the factory where kids work.
Conclusion (3): I won’t buy clothes produced in this factory
Which of the following sentences is the CONCLUSION of the argument?


Correct answer: Mankind influences the temperature of our planet
This sentence is the conclusion of the argument which can be derived out of two premises represented by answers A and B
Do you know what manipulative techniques in critical thinking are?


Correct answer: Expressions which at the first sight seem to be reasoned and logical, but they are not and serve just to create a picture of an argument in the receiver’s mind.