Thinking is set of ideas, idea, or concept that is directed to a solution to the problem, that is mean of thought and purpose to think
Thinking critically is reasonable and reflective thinking by emphasizing the making of decisions about what to believe or do.
We should be a critical thinkers. And we do something based on a reason. We should ask “why” and try to find out the answer.To attempt to persuade by giving good reasons is to give an argument.
The sort of argument we have in mind occurs frequently in ordinary, everyday situations.
It is by no means restricted to the works of Plato, Descartes and other scholars famous for
the arguments they put forward. You and your friends or family give each other reasons
for believing something or doing something all the time.
If you develop your ability to analyse people’s attempts to persuade so that you can
accurately interpret what they are saying or writing and evaluate whether or not they are
giving a good argument.
Even if a desire to discover the truth does not seem a sufficiently strong reason for being
concerned about having good reasons to justify your actions and beliefs, there are various
life situations in which the ability to interpret and evaluate a person’s case properly may be
crucial to that person’s well-being, or even to their remaining alive.
What is rhetoric ?
Rhetoric
Any verbal or written attempt to persuade someone to believe, desire or do
something that does not attempt to give good reasons for the belief, desire or
action, but attempts to motivate that belief, desire or action solely through the
power of the words used.
The crucial thing to understand here is that an attempt to persuade by argument is an
attempt to provide you with reasons for believing a claim, desiring something or doing
something. Arguments appeal to your critical faculties, your reason. Rhetoric, on the other
hand, tends to rely on the persuasive power of certain words and verbal techniques to
influence your beliefs, desires and actions by appeal to your desires, fears and other
feelings.
An argument
A set of propositions of which one is a conclusion and the remainder are premises,
intended as support for the conclusion.
And what exactly do we mean by a proposition?
A proposition
The factual content expressed by a declarative sentence on a particular occasion.
The same proposition may be expressed by different sentences. For example, on a
given occasion, ‘The Government has decided to hold a public enquiry into the
affair’ would express the same proposition as ‘It was decided that the Government
would hold a public enquiry into the affair’.
It is by no means restricted to the works of Plato, Descartes and other scholars famous for
the arguments they put forward. You and your friends or family give each other reasons
for believing something or doing something all the time.
accurately interpret what they are saying or writing and evaluate whether or not they are
giving a good argument.
concerned about having good reasons to justify your actions and beliefs, there are various
life situations in which the ability to interpret and evaluate a person’s case properly may be
crucial to that person’s well-being, or even to their remaining alive.
Any verbal or written attempt to persuade someone to believe, desire or do
something that does not attempt to give good reasons for the belief, desire or
action, but attempts to motivate that belief, desire or action solely through the
power of the words used.
attempt to provide you with reasons for believing a claim, desiring something or doing
something. Arguments appeal to your critical faculties, your reason. Rhetoric, on the other
hand, tends to rely on the persuasive power of certain words and verbal techniques to
influence your beliefs, desires and actions by appeal to your desires, fears and other
feelings.
A set of propositions of which one is a conclusion and the remainder are premises,
intended as support for the conclusion.
And what exactly do we mean by a proposition?
The factual content expressed by a declarative sentence on a particular occasion.
The same proposition may be expressed by different sentences. For example, on a
given occasion, ‘The Government has decided to hold a public enquiry into the
affair’ would express the same proposition as ‘It was decided that the Government
would hold a public enquiry into the affair’.
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