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WHAT IS CRITICAL
THINKING,
LOGICAL THINKING,
EFFECTIVE THINKING?

WHAT IS CRITICAL
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GOOD THINKING?

WHAT ARE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS?

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WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING?
1 JIFFY SPIFFY RECIPE,
many DEFINITIONS

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Most people take it for granted, that the way they think is fine.
"Don't tell me how to think." "I know what I think."

Right now, I won't go into that. Instead ...

What is critical thinking? Is it different from ordinary thinking? Answer: You can call it logical thinking, analytical thinking, good thinking - or just plain thinking. It's not some separate kind of thinking.

So just what is critical thinking? It's thinking that works. It uses tools that, if 2 people use these tools, they're very likely to get the same results. If they don't, they can see where they differed in their use of the tools - and (very often) they can see which thinking is accurate.

No warfare. Instead, both thinkers should be on the same side, trying to figure out what makes sense.

That makes logical thinking, critical thinking, a treasure greater than whatever was hidden in the caves of Alibaba, riches beyond the wildest dreams of Sinbad the Sailor or Aladdin or Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty.

One immediate objection comes up. "I don't want anyone to tell me what to think."

So, does critical thinking tell you how to think? No. But it does show you how to think.
In fact, even better, it shows you if your thinking is working well, or if you have a tendency to go off track.

Does that make critical thinking like most religions? This is right. This is wrong. God says so.

Not at all. You can check for yourself if the rules make sense. In other words, you can think about critical thinking. In fact, you're supposed to.

What critical thinking skills do you need to do such thinking? Just one. You need the skill to recognize what ingredients have to be present for something to qualify as critical thinking.

With these ingredients, you can tackle critical thinking questions without falling flat on your face. You can do a logical analysis and be sure it's a logical analysis - not something that can be toppled by anyone with just a few critical thinking skills.

Just what are these
critical ingredients?

In a moment, 1 Critical Thinking How To Recipe
that gives the 2 critical ingredients.

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But first ... what so many people want, a definition ...

What is Critical Thinking? - Definition One:
"A complex set of cognitive skills employed in problem-solving
and intellectual consideration and innovation."
www.trincoll.edu/~tvogel/gloss.htm

What is critical thinking? Lots more definitions below
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What is Critical Thinking? -
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It's simple. It has just 2 main ingredients,
and then a few other smaller ones.

All the ingredients are highly non-secret - just like North America was highly non-secret, but still totally undiscovered by humans until some arrived maybe 60,000, maybe 20,000 years ago. I'm not talking about Chris Columbus, of course - though he is relevant, because he was still totally in the dark about North America though other humans had lived there for millennia.

So it is with critical thinking. Some people are at home in
Critical Thinking Land. For some it's undiscovered territory -
but it sure sounds interesting. And some people want to stay away,
sure it's (at best) a vampire infested wasteland inhabited by dry
as dust professorial types who don't know their ass from their elbow.
These people are not thinking critically. They have just violated
the 2 basic rules of critical thinking.

Enough already! Exactly what is critical thinking?

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What is Critical Thinking?
Is It Tough, Impossible? Here: the 2 Essential
Critical Thinking Skills for Logical Thinking,
Effective Thinking. 2 Non Secret Thinking Skills.

 

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THE IDEA EMPORIUM  asks:
WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING? WHAT ARE THINKING SKILLS?
WHY IS LOGICAL THINKING GOOD, WHAT AE, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS,
WHAT IS EFFECTIVE THINKING?
ONCE AGAIN,
WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING? - IS IT BEING CRITICAL OF PEOPLE?
WHAT ARE THINKING SKILLS, LOGICAL THINKING?
ARE THESE TOOLS THAT HELP BUILD TINGS OR
WEAPONS TO USE AGAINST PEOPLE?

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, EFFECTIVE THINKING -
CAN THEY DO ANYTHING AGAINST INTELLECTUAL LAZINESS

AGAIN, WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING? WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS CALLED
THINKING SKILLS, LOGICAL THINKING, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS,
EFFECTIVE THINKING?



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Just What Is Critical Thinking,
Logical Thinking,
Effective Thinking,
Good Thinking?
What Are Critical Thinking Skills?
All highly non secret,
but little known
and rarely used.

More Definitions of Critical Thinking

[Critical thinking} refers to the general process of analyzing or evaluating information,
particularly statements or propositions that people have offered as true, by reflecting on the meaning
of statements, studying the process of reasoning, examining the offered evidence,
and evaluating the judgments proposed ...
www.phillwebb.net/Topics/Knowledge/KnowledgeDef.htm

[Critical thinking is an] essential tool of inquiry; purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, criteriological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment is based. ...
www.netnet.org/students/student%20glossary.htm

A persistent effort to examine evidence that supports any belief, solution, or conclusion
prior to its acceptance. The ability to think clearly, to analyze, and to reason logically.
www.misd.net/gifted/terms.htm

A complex set of cognitive skills employed in problem-solving and intellectual consideration and innovation. ...
www.trincoll.edu/~tvogel/gloss.htm

[S]elf-directed thinking which exemplifies
the perfections of thinking appropriate
to a particular mode or domain of thinking ...
http://dese.mo.gov/divcareered/GlossaryofTerms4-18-08.doc.doc
(found at this link - Feb 2009 - page no longer there)

Critical thinking is based on the constructivist approach to learning,
as a reaction to behavioural approach. ...
http://students.ou.edu/Y/Akimi.Yesoufou-1/concepts.html
(found at this link - Feb 2009 - page no longer there)

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