Thinking Skills: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

348 Index

truth, 21, 22

tu quoque fallacy, 268

two-dimensional reasoning, 112–14

unjustified claims, 22

unsafe inferences, 126, 128

unsound arguments, 70, 254

utilitarianism, 292

valid arguments, 254–61

value, 280

value judgements, 17

Venn diagrams, 95, 236–7

verbal information, 87, 102–4

vested interests, 152

warranted claims, 21–3

weak claims, 25–6, 72

witness statements, 145, 151–2

conditional, 250–1

by witnesses, 145, 151–2

statistical evidence, 269–77

‘straw man’ flaws, 38, 188–9

strong claims, 25–6, 72

sub-arguments, 43

subjective claims, 17

sufficiency, 116–17

sufficient conditions, 249–52

suggestions, 19

suppositional reasoning, 157, 251

synthesis, 301, 309–10

tabular information, 86–7, 102–4

testimony, 145

texts, 7, 196–7

thinking, creative, 2

three-dimensional reasoning, 112–14

tree diagrams, 241, 283

trust, 21