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What is Critical Thinking?
May 7, 2012 by Dr. Jon Warner
For many people critical
thinking just means making a quick mental decision based on the presenting
evidence within a relatively short time frame.
Edward Glaser an expert in
the Educational field defined critical thinking as the ability to think
critically that involves three things:
- an attitude of being disposed to consider in a thoughtful way the problems and subjects that come within the range of one’s experiences
- knowledge of the methods of logical inquiry and reasoning, and
- some skill in applying those methods
He went further saying
that critical thinking:
- generally requires ability to recognize problems
- to find workable means for meeting those problems
- to gather and marshal pertinent information
- to recognize unstated assumptions and values
- to comprehend and use language with accuracy, clarity, and discrimination
- to interpret data
- to appraise evidence and evaluate arguments
- to recognize the existence (or non-existence) of logical relationships between propositions
- to draw warranted conclusions and generalizations
- to put to test the conclusions and generalizations at which one arrives
- to reconstruct one’s patterns of beliefs on the basis of wider experience
- to render accurate judgments about specific things and qualities in everyday life
We can conclude that
critical thinking is a form of mental judgment that is specifically purposeful
and reflective. When using critical
thinking, an individual makes a decision or solves the problem of judging what
to believe or what to do. They do so in
a highly reflective or considered way. Critical
thinking also gives due consideration to the:
- evidence
- context of judgment
- relevant criteria for making that judgment well
- applicable methods or techniques for forming that judgment
- applicable theoretical constructs for understanding the nature of the problem and the question or issue at hand
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