Smart Thinking

 

Smart Thinking

Do not think that you are smarter than others, and although others believe that they are smarter than you- this is your advantage over them .

-William Blake-

      No one is born smart. That is affected by how people deal with issues, their knowledge, how much rational or logical, thinking patterns, and their surroundings.  There are basics right in smart thinking. First, we have to identify the issue properly and analyze it. Statements and claims are met in this scenario. They are called beliefs. Facts and evidence are needed to prove that belief.

 Reasoning is the method of making final decisions or conclusions. Evidence and rational thinking are used to make the conclusion. That evidence is called an argument.

An argument is a claim or statement. Claims can be divided into two parts.

1. premises       -support to conclusion/statement or proposition

2. conclusions   -the statement which is proved by premises

Example

Premises 1-all dogs have four legs.

Premises 2- Tommy is a dog.

Conclusion- therefore, Tommy has four legs.

The explanation is not an argument. There is more information about the topic. But there is no conclusion.

Indicator words

These words are helped to identify the premises and conclusion.

Premises indicators-because, in view of the fact, given that, seeing that, for, since, being that, assuming that

Conclusion indicator-therefore, so, ergo, thus, as a result,  so, hence, It must be that, which implies that

If you have a problem,

o   ⚫First you have to gather information.

o    ⚫collect all evidence, premises, and claims.

o    ⚫also listen to the explanations

o   ⚫finally you can draw a conclusion.

Be a smart thinker!!