Assumptions
This chapter taught us about assumptions and how they relate in critical thinking. The word assume comes from the latin assumere, which means to take up. So when a person assumes, he is accepting, taking for granted an idea without sufficient proof of its certainty. There are different types of assumptions. Unconscious assumptions are assumptions that were recognized as assumptions only after circumstances reveled their errors. Conscious assumptions or working assumptions are theories designed for a strategy. People use working assumptions all the time. They help plan our lives. Hidden assumptions are assumptions that are not explicitly said or written but are there. They usually are based off of stereotypes. Value assumptions are beliefs we take for granted and never or rarely question. The chapter also talks about incongruities, which is something that does not meet or expectations or assumptions. This leads us to think, learn and grow. This is a process I would like to improve in myself. I want to be able to challenge my assumptions, when they need to be, to be a better thinker.
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