bus 290: critical thinking for managers
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Text Table of Contents #9:
How Good is the Evidence?
Factual claims are:
◦ Descriptive conclusion.
◦ Reasons used to support descriptive or prescriptive conclusion.
◦ Descriptive assumtions.
Accepting a factual claim requires establishing how dependable the claim is.
Accept as dependable when:◦ Undisputed (relatively) common knowledge.
◦ Concluded from a well reasoned argument.◦ Supported by good evidence within the argument.
Major types of evidence◦ Intuition◦ Personal experience◦ Case examples◦ Testimonials ◦ Appeals to authority◦ Personal observations◦ Research studies◦ Analogies
Evidence
Proving she is a witch
What is the argument?◦ Conclusion◦ Reasons◦ Assumptions
Test of reasoning? Fallacies? Evidence?
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