Explain what the authors of this critical thinking textbook mean by saying "specialized vocabulary poses major problems for talking with people about their critical thinking." 

What will be an ideal response


See "About Technical Vocabulary" box in the section "Analyzing Reasons and Claims."

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. No sand castles are permanent structures. Therefore, some sand castles are not permanent structures

A) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. B) Invalid, illicit subalternation. C) Valid, no fallacy. D) Invalid, illicit contrary. E) Invalid, illicit conversion.

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Which of the following most clearly distinguishes the second and third servant songs from the first and fourth?

A) their lengths B) their primary themes C) the use of first-person speech D) the dates they were written E) the identity of their authors

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Utilitarianism critically relies on ___________, quantifying the outcomes so they can be assessed

a. statistics b. algebraic equations c. calculus d. A and B

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The religion of Baha'i is universalistic, and they propagate the idea of

A. a single world government. B. a single world bank. C. an organization to exploit biodiversity. D. an international storehouse of food.

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