{"id":33125,"date":"2023-09-06T05:38:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T05:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-ability-to-identify-assumptions-and-to-evaluate-how-they-are-used-and-how-they-are-developed-in-arguments-is-central-to-good-critical-thinking\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T05:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T05:38:55","slug":"the-ability-to-identify-assumptions-and-to-evaluate-how-they-are-used-and-how-they-are-developed-in-arguments-is-central-to-good-critical-thinking","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-ability-to-identify-assumptions-and-to-evaluate-how-they-are-used-and-how-they-are-developed-in-arguments-is-central-to-good-critical-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"The ability to identify assumptions and to evaluate how they are used and how they are developed in arguments is central to good critical thinking."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>our assignment is to examine at least two articles with contrasting views on a particular topic. After you select your two sources, you should read them carefully and critically to determine the following:<br \/>\n\u2022 How and why do your sources differ?<br \/>\n\u2022 How do the ideas, claims, and values of the argument determine the author\u2019s stance on the topic? These assumptions may be stated or unstated.<br \/>\n\u2022 Examine the assumptions of each argument.<br \/>\n\u2022 Evaluate the two sources in terms of your determination of the strength of each argument and your acceptance or rejection of their assumptions or premises.<br \/>\n\u2022 Identify considerations (perhaps cultural, economic, legal, practical ramifications) that you feel may not be covered and that you think should be included in a consideration of the topic.<br \/>\n\u2022 You should have a clear thesis that states the central assumptions and points of contention about your topic and your stance on the issue as informed by your reading and your identification of the crucial considerations.<br \/>\n\u2022 Use MLA in-text and works cited documentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>our assignment is to examine at least two articles with contrasting views on a particular topic. After you select your two sources, you should read them carefully and critically to determine the following: \u2022 How and why do your sources differ? \u2022 How do the ideas, claims, and values of the argument determine the author\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[186],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/33125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/33125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=33125"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=33125"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=33125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}