“Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking” • What is the argument about and what is being claimed? • What are the reasons given to support the conclusion? Is the reasoning flawed in anyway? • What kind of evidence is being presented (i.e. intuition, appeals to authority, observation, case studies, research studies, analogies, etc) and how good is it? • What other explanations might be plausible than that offered? • Is the conclusion provided the most reasonable? Can you identify alternatives?
