Week 1 DQ 1 What are the roles of beliefs and claims in critical thinking? What are some cognitive biases that affect critical thinking? Critical thinking is defined as the logically controlled method founded on general principles that go beyond substance types: precision, accurateness, evenness, relevance, comprehensive evidence, sound reasoning, deepness, extensiveness, and impartiality. Beliefs are the conclusions we come to when thinking critically. For there to be a conclusion, a belief in something must be established. When a belief is expressed through a declarative sentence a claim or statement or assertion is the result of that belief or judgement or opinion. Since beliefs and claims are both propositional, they can be expressed in true or false declarative sentences. Some of...