Chapter 1 online quiz
Question 1
1 out of 1 points

Clichés help simplify the issue and get to the heart of the matter that is to be critically analyzed.
Answer

Selected Answer: FALSE

Response Feedback:
Clichés are actually barriers to critical thinking.

Question 2
1 out of 1 points

Critical thinking skills have been found to help us
Answer

Selected Answer: All these answers are correct.
Answer Feedback:
Critical thinking skills are transferable across disciplines; therefore, learning to think things through logically leads to better decisions in all areas of life.

Question 3
1 out of 1 points

Some people either defer to others or fail to take a position on a controversial issue because they are
Question 4
0 out of 1 points

If a claim conflicts with our experience, then we have a good reason to be suspicious of that experience.
Answer

Selected Answer: TRUE
Correct Answer: FALSE

Response Feedback:
Experience is an important source of evidence. So if experience contradicts some claim, then we have some reason to doubt that claim. Experience, however, is not infallible. If there is evidence that runs contrary to an experience, then we have reason to doubt the reliability of that experience.

Question 5
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Immanuel Kant argued for which of the following claims?
Answer

Selected Answer: We can have unmediated knowledge of how the world is, independently of our ways of experiencing it.
Correct Answer: We can only have knowledge of the world as we experience it.
Answer Feedback:
Kant rejected the claim that our knowledge comes primarily from either sense experience or pure reason. He argued that our minds impose a certain amount of structure on how we perceive the world. So our knowledge is not knowledge of how the world is in itself, but rather knowledge of the world as we experience it. We can have no knowledge of how the world is "out there."

Question 6
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is true of evidence?
Answer

Selected Answer: Evidence for a claim provides us with reasons for believing that claim.