Thinking Critically
and Logically
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When we think critically
University
•Textbooks
•Lectures
•Journals / websites
•Using computers
•Actions and communication Life
•Advertisements
•Shopping
•Bank deals
•Actions and communication
•Getting a job
Why we need to think critically
•So we don’t get ripped off
•So we don’t just become puppets to the government
•So we don’t end up in jail
•So we learn
•So we get higher grades
How to think better
Ask yourself heaps of questions!
•Who wrote/said it – could it be biased? Are they selling something?
•Can a word/number mean something else?
•Does it sound too good to be true?
•Is it emotional / unrealistic?
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• Is their argument logical?
Misleading authority / appeal to authority
•I’m not a doctor, but play a doctor on this show (House) and …
•I’m a doctor and I recommend… (being paid)
•Ad on TV by drug company
•I’m not a doctor but when I took these pills ….
Style of writing
Emotional / Loaded language
•Plant v weed
•Animal v beast
•Strategist v Schemer
•Change v
•Youthful v
•Tidy v
•Teach v
•Saves money v
Style of writing
Bias
•Who wrote or said it?
–E.g. local paper has many articles in it that are actually written by the people they’re about
–An article says that everyone should drink a glass of wine everyday.
–Someone tells you that buying shares in Westpac is a good idea.
Ambiguous |
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vocabulary/grammar |
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What are the two meanings of these sentences?
•My hair needs cutting badly
•When visiting Melbourne for the first time, people are generally struck by the trams.