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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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