Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Comparing
1. to compare
2. to contrast
3. to distinguish
4. analogy
5. metaphor
6. model
Part 2: Generalizing
7. to generalize
8. sample
9. stereotype
10. to classify
11. criterion
Part 3:
Reasoning
12. statement
13. argument
14. conclusion
15. evidence
16. to infer
17. reason
18. reasoning
Part 4: Fact and Opinion
19. fact
20. opinion
21. to confirm
22. source
23. critical
24. premise
Part 5: Reliable
Sources
25. reliable
26. first-hand
27. expert
28. credentials
29. consensus
30. objective
31. to fabricate
Part 6: Degrees of Belief
32. possible
33. probable
34. plausible
35. convincing
36. certain
37. skeptical
38.
dogmatic
Part 7: Cause and Effect
39. immediate cause
40. remote cause
41. contributing factor
42. coincidence
43. necessary condition
44. sufficient condition
Part 8: Scientific Thinking
45. hypothesis
46. experiment
47. variables
48.
controlled experiment
49. a study
50. correlation
Part 9: Explaining
51. to explain
52. theory
53. to predict
54. story
55. motive
56. susperstition
Part 10: Valuing
57. to value
58. priority
59. goal
60. means and ends
61.
principle
62. to evaluate
63. to recommend
Part 11: Justifying
64. standard
65. to justify
66. prejudice
67. impartial
68. conflict of interest
69. universal
70. relative
Part 12: Types of Reasoning
71. to imply
72. to support
73.
to suggest
74. to prove
75. to refute
76. to deduce
Part 13: Mistakes in Reasoning
77. fallacy
78. propaganda
79. irrelevant
80. to rationalize
81. slippery slope
82. ad hominem
83. false dilemma
84. to beg the question
Part 14:
Meaning
85. to refer
86. to mean
87. concept
88. to define
89. connotation
90. abstract
Part 15: Problems with Language
91. ambiguous
92. vague
93. loaded term
94. to characterize
95. rhetoric
96. irony
Part 16:
Assuming
97. to assume
98. point of view
99. context
100. to intrepret
101. inconsistent
102. to contradict
Part 17: Creative Thinking
103. creative
104. association
105. brainstorming
106. stimulus
107. fantasy
108. to modify
For
Further Study
Index
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Phil Washburn is Master Teacher in the General Studies Program at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York University.
Making Sense - Margot Northey and Joan McKibbin