Flashcards in 1.09 Vocabulary Deck (13)
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The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important.
Egocentrism
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The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without regard to one's own sentiments or selfish interests.
Fair-mindedness
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Flaws or errors in reasoning which, when found in the premise of an argument, invalidate its conclusion.
Fallacies
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Fear of ideas or viewpoints that do not conform to one's own. Term used by Paul and Elder.
Intellectual cowardice
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The act of routinely inhabiting the perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them. Term used by Paul and Elder.
Intellectual empathy
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Openness to the possibility that one's beliefs are mistaken and a willingness to reevaluate them in the face of new evidence or persuasive counterarguments. Term used by Paul and Elder.
Intellectual humility
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The act of working one's way through intellectual complexities despite frustrations inherent in doing so. Term used by Paul and Elder.
Intellectual perseverance
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Another term for critical thinking. It is first-order thinking (or ordinary thinking) that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and improved). Term used by Paul and Elder.
Second-order thinking
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The assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others.
Sociocentrism
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The ability to win an argument regardless of flaws in its reasoning.
Sophistry
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A fixed or oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea.
Stereotype
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Thinking that uses critical thinking skills to evaluate all beliefs, especially one's own, and that pursues what is intellectually fair and just.
Strong-sense critical thinking
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