When a critical thinker assesses a speaker's main points and asks, "What have you got to go on?" he or she is exercising which characteristic of critical thought?

A. reluctance to accept assertions on faith
B. desire to uncover assumptions
C. openness to new ideas
D. comparison of new ideas to what is already known


Answer: A

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