Critical Thinking #3: Types of Arguments

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[gillianandrews]

I am a 6th grade teacher and am excited to have these videos at my fingertips. I will be creating lessons based on these as they are language heavy for 12 year olds and would need some supporting materials. Critical work for all school children. Thank you!

[Janewomanpower]

I'm watching this series again. I wanna be a better critical thinker. I have learned a lot from watching this show. David is a great teacher!

[janoslehr]

What about abductive arguments, which are also used in hypotheses? When one of the premises is just plausible, but the other is for sure, but this makes the conclusion just plausible as well. For example:
P1: These candies are white.
P2: This jar only contains white candies.
C: These candies are from this jar.
(This form of reasoning was rediscovered by Charles Sanders Peirce.)

[An_NBA_Enjoyer]

Great video guys. Can't wait for more

[mireillelebeau]

This one should be the first episode of critical thinking series

[technatezin]

Very good series and I like the topic being presented. However, I like to add that although inductive reasoning could be used in arguments that are more flexible and therefore have conclusions that are not inevitable particularly if the original premise changes or new premises are added, inductive reasoning could still be used in objective arguments particularly if it involves math such as when attempting to interpolate data to discover a formula or curve on a graph.

[Overton_Windows]

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[dot]

Love your critical thinking series and wish I could subscribe to your channel to get more of this kind of great content instead of political stuff.

[johnbartlett]

I just realized
If you remove the M from Massachusetts
You get Assachuetts
Brilliant!!!

[Obylearns]

1:40 (Inductive).
Other premise could invalidate the argument.

[robertwillis]

Hang in there Pakman. Emotional maturity isn't a skill to be mastered; it's something arrived at over time with experience.

[travisallen]

The studio being in Boston example is not an example of a deductive argument. There at least 6 cities named Boston in the United States and several others around the world I believe. So the second premise would be false.

[EASYTIGER]

David's studio could be in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK - there's nothing in the statement to preclude that. Boston IS in Massachusetts. Given these facts, the studio IS NOT in Massachusetts, so the 2 premises don't guarantee the stated conclusion. But I'm being silly.

[InspirationParadise]

The first argument is inductive not deductive, because the premise that your studio is in MA is not guaranteed, because the governments could rearrange the borders at any time.

After reading the above argument a few times, I realise that the statement 'My studio is in MA because it's in Boston' is deductive, because we're talking about the present moment, and Boston is currently in MA.

The statement 'My studio will be in MA tomorrow' is inductive.

A penny for your thoughts, dear reader...

[IceAngler]

....these are gonna get more in depth right? Pretty surface level so far.

[Aritul]

Revisiting this series. This miniseries is a treasure. Thank you, David.

[sheag]

is it weird if i started thinking like this in gr 8 or so without someone telling me about it?

[Potencyfunction]

You mean that if The sky is blue and everyone live under the blue sky is that because they like to live under the blue sky? Is that mean if its applyed for x is it valid for everyone?

[nicholas]

So is deductive reasoning going from general to specific and inductive reasoning is going from specific to general??

[stayawayfrommrrogers]

Where’s that group theory playlist boi?