Elements Of Assumptions

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There are eight established elements of thought and reasoning point of view, purpose, question at issue, information, Interpretation and inference, concepts, assumptions, implications and consequences. There are times when elements are combined into a new category to make it possible for conclusions to be made. Point of view is paired with assumptions. My reason for pairing point of view with assumptions is due to the fact that our assumptions are our points of view. An example of this would be if we are against smoking in a public places and feel that it is hazardous to your health. Our point of view would be the not smoking in public places and the assumption would be how we feel it is hazardous to our health. The next category is purpose and question of issue if …show more content…

The reason I feel the concepts relates to interpretation and inference is that a lot of theories and law go through a process where the end result makes a conclusion or has makes a statement. Concepts consist of theories, definitions, axioms, laws, principles, and models. These are all used in the thinking process to make things have a meaning. As we go about these steps we can come to a set conclusions or interpretation of our theories. The last category is information and implications and consequences. According to criticalthinking.org (2007), information includes the facts, data, evidence, or experiences we use to figure things out. It does not necessarily imply accuracy or correctness. With this being said information can relate to implications and consequences because, they are claims or truths. Claims or truths have to be proven to be validated as a solution. This means information has to be collected to provide data, facts, observations, and experiences. This can relate to many thins one for example would be a pharmaceutical company trying to introduce a new drug and they say it will be better than any other similar drug on the

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