Criticizing the person making an argument, not the argument itself.
What is Ad hominem fallacy?
100
The use of Clarity, Accuracy, Precision, Relevance, Depth, Breadth, Significance, and Fairness.
What is Questioning on Intellectual Standards?
200
Adhering tentatively to recently acquired opinions; being prepared to examine new evidence and arguments.
What is Intellectual Humility?
200
A broad and informed problem-solving and deliberate decision-making. “Slower” thinking.
What is Reflective thinking?
200
Arguing that something is true because “IT WORKS,” even though the cause of this something and the outcome are not demonstrated.
What is pragmatic fallacy?
200
A bandwagon fallacy, an appeal to the popularity of the claim as a reason for accepting the claim.
What is Ad populum?
300
To have an INDEPENDENT mind, by restraining one’s desire to believe because of social pressures to conform.
What is a free thinker?
300
Basic Human Limitations, Use Of Language, Faulty Logic Or Perception, and Psychological Or Sociological Pitfalls.
What is HINDRANCES TO CRITICAL THINKING?
300
When one has been accused of wrongdoing by diverting attention to an issue irrelevant to the one at hand.
What is Evading the Issue, Red Herring?
400
Having a natural curiosity to further one’s understanding and putting in the necessary work sufficient to evaluate the multiple sides of issues.
What is being highly motivated?
400
Having Confirmation Bias, Selective Thinking, False Memories and Confabulation, personal biases and prejudices, Physical and Emotional Hindrances, and Testimonial evidence.
What is Basic Human Limitations?
400
Ad hominem fallacy, Ad populum, emotional appeal, Evading the Issue, Red Herring, Fallacy of False Dilemma, and Poisoning the well.
What are Psychological and Sociological Pitfalls?
400
Intentionally restricting the number of alternatives, thereby omitting relevant alternatives from consideration.
What is Fallacy of False Dilemma?
500
Making sure information is CREDIBLE (believable, from a trustworthy source) and ACCURATE (free from errors, correct or truthful). By being unbiased, fair and impartial rather than prejudiced.
What are approaches for evaluating information?
500
Relying on vivid stories of others to substantiate one’s own beliefs, even though testimonies are inherently subjective, inaccurate, unreliable, biased, and occasionally fraudulent.
What is Testimonial evidence?
500
Apophenia and superstition, Argument from ignorance, False analogies, irrelevant comparison, pragmatic fallacy and slippery slope fallacy.
What is Faulty Logic or Perception?
500
Creating a prejudicial atmosphere against the opposition, making it difficult for the opponent to be received fairly.
What is Poisoning the well?
500
A Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric that aids us in evaluating real-life examples of critical thinking because it requires us only to consider four evaluative definitions:
―Strong
―Acceptable
―Unacceptable
―Weak