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Critical Thinking Skills / Fallacies

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5 Sections
28 Lessons
25 Minutes

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Introduction
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- 1.1
  Introduction
Learning objectives
1
- 2.1
  Learning objectives
Fallacy literacy training
15
Critical thinking skills: The 5 techniques of sciences denial by John Cook
11
Resources
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- 5.1
  Resources

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Basic definitions

Argument: The word “argument” can be used in different senses. For our purposes:

An argument is a set of reasons or statements given to persuade someone to accept a particular point of view. It’s like presenting evidence to support an idea and showing why it’s true, while also addressing any opposing viewpoints. An argument is the process of thinking through and explaining why something makes sense.^[1]

^[1] Based on definitions from the Oxford dictionary and the Plato Stanford Encyclopedia:

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/argument_n?tab=meaning_and_use#39551453

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-informal/ (Section “2.1 A Concept of Argument (A)”)

Fallacy literacy training 2/15

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