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Critical Thinking With Respect to Theistic and Atheistic Beliefs

Asked by BobSiemens in Philosophy & Religion

Tags: critical, thinking

Someone recently posted this 'helpful advice' to me:

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█I recommend the following book for both BobSiemens and ______:
█"Learning to Think Things Through"
█http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Think-Things-Through-Curriculum/dp/013114152X/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_2_img/104-6552227-2285538
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█It will help them to think deeply and in a correct way.
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I looked at the link. It's a book on 'Critical Thinking' [I was not aware of this beastie].

Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking

Here's the 'standard steps':
Critical thinking has a useful sequence to follow:

1. Itemize opinion(s) from all relevant sides of an issue and collect Logical argument(s) supporting each.
2. Break the arguments into their constituent statements and draw out various additional implication(s) from these statements.
3. Examine these statements and implications for internal contradictions.
4. Locate opposing claims between the various arguments and assign relative weightings to opposing claims:

* Increase the weighting when the claims have strong support especially distinct chains of reasoning or different news sources, decrease the weighting when the claims have contradictions.
* Adjust weighting depending on relevance of information to central issue.
* Require sufficient support to justify any incredible claims; otherwise, ignore these claims when forming a judgment.

5. Assess the weights of the various claims.

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Is 'Critical Thinking' relevant for *specific* religious beliefs? If not, why not?

If applicable, please use the above 5 steps to evaluate/demonstrate your conclusion regarding your *specific* religious beliefs.

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Critical Thinking With Respect to Theistic and Atheistic Beliefs

Asked by BobSiemens in Philosophy & Religion

Tags: critical, thinking

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