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MODULE: Argument Analysis
An important part of critical thinking is being able to give reasons, whether it is to support or to criticize a certain idea. To be able to do that, one should know how to identify, analyse, and evaluate arguments.
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- Module on Venn diagrams
In this module:
- Introduction
- [A01] Identifying Arguments
- [A02] Validity and Soundness
- [A03] Patterns of Valid Arguments
- [A04] Identifying Hidden Assumptions
- [A05] Inductive Reasoning
- [A06] Good Arguments
- [A07] Argument mapping
- [A08] Analogical Arguments
- [A09] More patterns of valid arguments
Main modules
- C. About critical thinking
- M. Meaning analysis
- A. Argument analysis
- L. Basic logic
- SL. Sentential logic
- Q. Predicate logic
- V. Venn diagrams
- S. Scientific reasoning
- T. Basic statistics
- G. Strategic thinking
- U. Values and morality
- F. Fallacies & biases
- R. Creativity
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles; they toughen and make strong.
Norman Vincent Peale
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