UNIV 1212 - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

UNIV 1212: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Dr Diana Dinu
Section: 201
Names: Muneera AlOtaibi 202000081
Seeta AlRashid 202000082
Afnan Alkhunaizi 201801357
Masoomah al Dhneem 201800988
Assignment 2: Textbook Chapter Analysis report

Chapter 5 – The Use of Evidence
Introduction
This chapter explains the importance of evidence and its use in real life. This chapter is
important in critical thinking and argumentation because it makes us think deeply about things to
reach the outcome or result. Moreover, it helps us to analyze proofs and evidences that boast our
critical thinking abilities. This allows individuals to support their decision using pieces of
evidence to support their arguments. This chapter also helps us to understand about evidences
and examples of them. Also, it highlights the nature, types, and ways of evaluating evidence. It
also assists in assessing statistical proofs or indications along with the right way of presenting
evidence to support our claim or argument.
Critical Thinking and Communication
Critical thinking is a disciplined process of analyzing facts and data to form a judgment. This
active and skillful process conceptualize, apply, analyze, synthesize and/ or evaluate information
that is gathered from or generated by observations, reflections, experience, communication, or
reasoning as a guide to belief and action. Whereas, communication means imparting information
in form of oral, written, voice, or using some other medium. So both terms are related to each
other in a way that critical thinking builds confidence in communication. it is easy for a person to
communicate his/her idea when they are prepared with arguments, perspectives, facts, and
possible solutions. People who think critically and have the ability to solve problems can
communicate efficiently than those who don’t possess this skill. Moreover, critical thinking helps
to communicate a message in a clear, concise, and understandable way to others whom
information is being conveyed or communicated.
The Importance of use of evidence in Argumentation
This chapter “the use of evidence” explains the importance of evidence in argumentation. Proofs
and evidence help to convince people to consider a hypothesis by offering justification for the
point made. They come in different forms and vary from one academic field to another.
Moreover, the use of evidence effectively helps us to make good decisions at work. It allows us
to work out what is effective and what is not. For example, evidence in writing is used to