Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Reason by analogy


Construct an inductive argument from given premises/evidence

Assess credibility (of evidence, witness, etc.)

Identify explicit parts of an argument (conclusion, evidence, etc.)

Revise beliefs in the face of new evidence

Identify possible and probable consequences of a course of action

Evaluate relevance and adequacy of evidence provided

Formulate hypotheses to explain given data

Identify fallacious reasoning

Recognize inconsistencies/contradictions (among data, between data and theories, etc.)

Construct a deductive argument from given premises/evidence

Synthesize disparate information into coherent whole

Identify underlying assumptions/presuppositions