Smart Thinking: Skills for Critical Understanding and Writing, 2nd Ed

LINKING: THE KEY PROCESS IN REASONING 27 Everyone knows that Australia has great natural beauty and a marvel- lous climate, and ...

28 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING your reasoning, but they are the result of your thought proce ...

LINKING: THE KEY PROCESS IN REASONING 29 Car exhaust emissions are one of the most significant causes of air pollution. If we a ...

30 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING claims within claims, half-expressed claims, and so on. All t ...

LINKING: THE KEY PROCESS IN REASONING 31 For simple examples, such as the first one I gave, it may seem foolish to use another f ...

32 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING The second step is the crucial one: identify and mark the cla ...

LINKING: THE KEY PROCESS IN REASONING 33 Remember, what matters most here is correctly identifying the claims—and claims may not ...

34 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING 1 Decide what your conclusion will be. Write this claim out c ...

LINKING: THE KEY PROCESS IN REASONING 35 Exercise 3.5 Choose an issue or topic about which you have some knowledge. If possible, ...

36 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING diagrammed. Because the first layer of the diagram does not l ...

LINKING: THE KEY PROCESS IN REASONING 37 I believe the government's current approach to the UN over human rights is incorrect. R ...

38 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING structure diagram sub-argument Review exercise 3 Answer brief ...

4 Understanding the Links between Claims Linking claims involves two distinct processes, as signalled by the + and 4 symbols use ...

40 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING premises relating to a particular 'reason' are dependent on o ...

UNDERSTANDING THE LINKS BETWEEN CLAIMS 41 If you look carefully, you will see that, individually, none of the premises support t ...

42 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING While, obviously, these three reasons are broadly concerned w ...

UNDERSTANDING THE LINKS BETWEEN CLAIMS 43 If The weakness of independent premises Independent premises are easier to generate, b ...

44 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING All Australians want to improve their quality of life. ©.0 ...

UNDERSTANDING THE LINKS BETWEEN CLAIMS 45 Australia's education system is vital to the future well-being of the nation. If some ...

46 SMART THINKING: SKILLS FOR CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING & WRITING wrote in exercise 4.2: what framing premises should be added ...