Principles of reason assessment are both subject-neutral and subject-specific¶

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q1 i? Some principles of reason assessment, such as the prohibition on begging the question, are general and subject-neutral, while others, such as those linking a dead battery to a car that will not start, apply only in specialized domains and require specialized knowledge. → Weinstein 1989

Evidence¶

Weinstein 1989¶

Weinstein, Mark, Ed.; Oxman-Michelli, Wendy, Ed. (1989). Critical Thinking: Language and Inquiry across the Disciplines. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Institute for Critical Thinking (Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 1988). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED351305

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical argument in Siegel's plenary paper, illustrated with worked examples (the question-begging Bible argument; the dead battery and yellow skin examples). The paper concludes that 'critical thinking, consequently, is wrongly construed as either entirely subject-neutral or entirely subject-specific. It is both.'

"Some principles of reason assessment, then, are general and subject-neutral. These are the principles studied by the field of logic--both formal and informal--and constitute one major type of principle of reason assessment. Other principles of reason assessment are subject-specific."

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