Pre-Fallacies Flashcards
What are the attitudes that undermine logical thinking?
Scepticism
Evasive Agnosticism
Cynicism and naive optimism
Narrow mindedness
What is scepticism?
This is a philosophical position that cast doubt on the reality of truth and that man can know the truth.
What are the types of scepticism? And explain.
Healthy/selective scepticism: this is a type of scepticism that suspends one’s judgement until one has enough to information to judge well.
Extreme scepticism: this is scepticism as a permanent attitude that hold there is no truth therefore man can not know truth.
Moderate scepticism: this kind of scepticism accepts there is truth but man is unable to know truth…
What is Evasive Agnosticism?
This is a claim that there is lack of knowledge about a particular issue therefore unable to take a stand on it
What is cynicism?
Cynicism is an act of making emphatic negative judgement without having sufficient evidence or reason.
What is narrow mindedness?
This is the refusal to consider certain alternatives because they do not meet one’s prejudiced assumption about what is worth pursuing or not.
