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How do you define belief perserverence and how does it interfere with critical thinking and what is a way that you can strategize how you would employ to ensure that critical thinking in the presence of a personal belief system.

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How to understand "Belief Perseverance" and why it creates faulty argument. The lesson shows the importance of critical thinking and how to understand analysis.

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Belief perseverance interferes with critical thinking because it is a condition that results from denying the facts (a truth) when presented to individuals or groups. With the condition of belief perseverance comes a heavy reliance on preconceived notions a person or a group refuses to give up as part of their belief systems. These notions are firmly embedded within the individual and/or the group and giving them up has a tendency to ...

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