The story of Helen Keller includes an anecdote wherein she
states that she recalls having no awareness of her own thought processes prior to acquiring some language skills. The linguistic determinism model suggests that this supports the theory that all thinking is represented linguistically, but other explanations of Keller's remembrance (or lack thereof) posits that most people have poor (or even absent) memories from their early years. This demonstrates which principle of critical thinking?
A) Ruling out rival hypotheses
B) Extraordinary claims
C) Falsifiability
D) Correlation vs. causation
Answer: A
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