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an unstated or implied assumption
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hidden assumption that functions as added support linking a stated premise with a conclusion
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an expert or source of information outside ourselves
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a statement which is either true or false
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favoritism for oneself and the beliefs, values, and traditions and groups with which one identifies
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favoritism for the beliefs, values, and traditions of one's ethnic group
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a topic about which reasonable people may disagree
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an issue to be resolved by either methods of empirical science or documentary research
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an issue concerning the merits of things
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an issue concerning the meanings of things
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a kind of order among issues where one issue presupposes a resolution of a second issue, the second is logically prior to the first
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assumption required in order to make sense of what is explicitly said
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1.the human capacity to use disciplined intellegence to solve problems
2.a claim used as a premise
3.a claim used as an explanation
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the view that the truth is "relative" and varies
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the view that truth is "relative" or varies from individual to individual
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the agreement of an idea with reality
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the self-regulating system of assumptions and other beliefs through which a person recieves and interprets new information
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