说句实话,英语的确不怎么样,看这18个问题还是有点吃力的,因为英语原版书从来不看,能好也就怪了。如果让我回答这些问题,我会更加面红耳赤,我的逻辑水平比我的英文还要烂。总之看到这18个问题让我特别自卑。
逻辑是可以刻意训练的,这是一种技能,就像我们学习其他技能一样,只要经常按照这个思路去练习思考,我们的逻辑就能好一些,我们的战车(白马,黑马,骑手)也能更稳定一些。
1.Exactly what influences have shaped my identity?How have they done so ? How has my self-image been affected? In what situations am I less an individual because of these influence?
你的个人自我的塑造是受到什么影响?它们是如何影响你的,在什么情况下,你受到这些影响让你无法成为独立个体。
2.in what ways am I like the good thinker?in what ways like the poor thinker? What kinds of situations seem to bring out my best and worst qualities?
在什么时候我是一个好的思考者,什么时候我是一个差的思考者,什么情况下体现我最好和最坏的一面?
3.to what extent has my perspective on truth been reasonable?
我对事实的认知是合理的吗?
4.how careful am I about separating hearsay and rumor from fact? About distinguishing the known from assumptions or guesses? How difficult is it for me to say" I don’t know”
我如何认真区别谣言和事实?我如何区分知道和假设与猜想?对我来说我不知道是不是很难说出口?
5.how consistent am I in taking the trouble to make my opinions informed?
我让我的观点保持一致是多么困难?
6.to what extent do I think that “mine-is-better” (not only the personal mine but the ethnocentric mine as well)? In what ways has this kind of thinking affected my view of personal problems and public issues? To what extent does it affect my ability to listen to those who disagree with me? My ability to control my emotions? My willingness to change my mind and revise a judgment ?
我认为我很好,这种想法让我无法看到我自身的问题和公开的问题,在多大程度上影响我倾听那些不同意我的人的想法,我有能力控制我的情绪吗?我愿意改变我的想法去修正我的判断?
7.in what matters am I inclined to assume too much, take too much for granted?
我多大情况下把假设当作是理所当然?
8.to what degree do I tend to have the either /or outlook, expecting that the right answer will always be extreme and never moderate?
我多大程度是要么要么,期待绝对的正确答案而不能更温和一些?
9.to what or to whom do I feel the strongest urge to conform? In what situations has this conformist tendency interfered with my judgment?
我最愿意追随谁呢?在什么情况下这种追随影响我的判断?
10.do I tend to be an absolutist, demanding that truth be neat and simple, or a relativist, claiming that everyone creates his or her own truth? In what ways has my characteristic tendency hindered my development as a critical thinker?
我偏向于绝对主义还是相对主义,我要求的真理一定是简洁而简单的,还是我认为每个人都可以创造自己的真理,什么让我的个性影响我成为独立思考者?
11.in what matters am I most biased toward change? Am I overly accepting to change or overly resistant to it? What is the cause of this tendency and how can I best control it?
我什么时候会对改变有偏见,我会过度接受改变还是强烈抵制呢?什么造成了我的倾向,我如何能更好的控制呢?
12.in what situations do I seek to confirm my biases rather than control them? In what situations do I interpret evidence in a way that flatters my bias?
在什么情况下我寻求偏见而不是控制它们呢?什么情况下我会寻找证据以抵制我的偏见呢?
13.how often do I approach issues with a double standard, overlooking flaws in arguments that agree with mine and nitpicking those that disagree?
我是不是经常用双重标准来处理事情?对于同意或者不同意我的人,我会不会跟它们争论呢?
14.to what extend do I tend to jump to conclusions? Do I tend to do so more in certain areas? If so, which? Do I draw my conclusions pre-maturely purely for the sake of convenience? Am I motivated by the desire to sound authoritative and impress people?
我多大程度喜欢得出一个结论,还是我在某个地方特别喜欢这么做,我会不会为了方便草率的得出结论,我喜欢迎合别人吗?
15.to what extend do I overgeneralize? What kinds of stereotypes do I most readily accept? Racial? Religious?ethnic?
我多大程度上喜欢过度概括,我能接受哪种不假思索的刻板化某一个问题,宗教,种族,民族?
16.to what extent do I oversimplify complex matters? Am I simply un-willing to take the trouble to learn the truth in ints complexity? Or do I feel threatened by answers that are not neat and tidy? What has made me this way?
我喜欢过度简化复杂问题吗? 我不喜欢花力气在复杂中寻找真理,我会为问题不整洁而感到压力吗,什么让我变成这样?
17.what errors of expression do I most often commit? Reasoning that if b follows a, a must be the cause of b? Shifting the issue to avoid difficult or embarrassing discussions? Contradicting myself? Arguing in a circle? Making meaningless statements? Confusing real with bogus authorities? Making false analogies? Using irrational appeals?
我经常犯什么样的错误表达,会不会错误的因果论,转移话题避免尴尬和困难的讨论,自相矛盾,自我循环论证,做毫无意义的陈述,做错误的类比,不合理假设
18.which of the following errors are most characteristic of my responses to challenges and criticism of my ideas: automatic rejection?shifting the burden of proof? Straw man? Attacking the critic rather than dis-cussing the issue?
当我对别人的批评时,我的表现是什么样子的?自动拒绝,转移举证责任,稻草人,攻击批评者而不是跟对方进行讨论?