T1 Philo 1010

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QUESTION 1

The need for students to maintain a healthy relationship with their subjects is a key point of interest in critical thinking.

True

False

QUESTION 2

To be fairminded is:

		to use one's feelings as a reference.
		to have an prejuduced perspective.
		prejudging others.
		to strive to treat every viewpoint in an unbiased way.

QUESTION 3

Which of the following is NOT an intellectual virtue?

QUESTION 4

All of the following are true statements EXCEPT:

		Critical thinking is thinking about our thinking.
		Critical thinking is external thinking.
		Critical thinking helps the human mind examine itself.
		Critical thinking seeks to guide human rationality. QUESTION 5 1. Intellectual arrogance is the opposite of intellectual humility. True False

Critical thinking

Lower order thinking

Intellectual arrogance

Intellectual humility

Intellectual courage

Intellectual cowardice

Intellectual self-centeredness

Intellectual integrity

Intellectual hypocrisy

Intellectual perseverance

A.	Striving to create disciplined thinking as well as holding oneself to the same standards that one holds others to
B.	The tendency to rely on unreflective intuition that is largely self-serving and self-deceived
C.	The failure to hold oneself to the same intellectual standards that one holds others to
D.	The willingness to face ideas and positions on issues that directly threaten our own ideas and beliefs
E.	The tendency to ignore other people’s ideas, thoughts, and feelings because their ideas do not address that in which one is interested
F.	The art of thinking about one’s thinking with the goal of improving thinking
G.	The fear of considering ideas that do not match our own
H.	The ability to push on in the face of intellectual adversity in order to understand more about the truth of an issue or idea
I.	The tendency of the human mind to think that it knows more than it does, or that is in possession of the TRUTH
J.	Awareness of the limits of human knowledge and a special focus on being aware of situations in which one is likely to be self-deceived due to native egocentrism