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critical thinking

evaluating an argument

logic

study of how to move from truths to truths

social epistemology

is the study of how knowledge depends on social contexts

dunning kurger effect

the study of skills that engender competence in a particular domain are often the same skills necessary to evaluate competence in that domain

cognitive bias

systematic error in rationality that is common enough to be widespread

deductive logic

branch of logic that studies what follows with certainty. relationship between propositions

shared expectations

if i believe that everyone else believes a proposition, that can shape how i act and communicate even if i think the proposition is false

hardwigs claim

I can have good reason to believe P if i think A believes P, and A is an expert on P stuff

selection bias

occurs when the process of filtering information is sensitive to the very think you're trying to investigate. the special case were selection involves the elimination of some examples

perceptual bias

shapes what you see. is the interpretation of ambiguous stimuli in a way that's subjectively most likely given either prior knowledge or present context

attentional bias

shape the information you get and what you do with it. attention can shape the information you get, the way its processed and the way its recalled

one sided event

are those that stand out and are mentally represented as events only when they turn out one way

two sided events

are noticed however they turn out and are more noticeable if something doesn't occur.