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Public: Critical Thinking: Proven Strategies
What is Critical thinking
Not a creativity killer
Thinking streamlined
Effective communication
and presentation
Improved self reflection
Logical thinker
Improved decision making
Thinking outside the box
History
Philisophers
Socratic Questioning
Descartes principle of
systematic doubt
Logical consistency
to reach clarity
Plato & Aristotle
Thomas Aquinas’s
Summa Theologica
Sir FrancisBacon
Thinkers
who reason things
Sir Thomas Moore
Advocated new scientific thoughts
Led to democratic process
Niccolo Machiavelli
Father of new Plitical Scoence
Endorsed
-political deceit
-evil manipulations
-murder of opponents
Voltaire
Sir Isaac Newton
Hobbes and Boyle
Questioning in professional environment
Assumptions and situation
Does this belief always hold true?
Are you right in thinking this?
How come you assume it straightaway
Evidence collected and presented
Where did you get the evidence?
what was the situation when you collected this evidence?
what are reasons for assuming this evidence is right?
Stating the problem
Can you make it into smaller questions?
what is the significance of the question?
if somebody else has to state the problem, would it all change?
Using perspective/Viewpoint
How would a person opposed to your stand, view this problem?
is there a better or worse way to look at the things?
will the perspective change over time?
Results and Consequences
what will happen in this situation?
is there a chance that it will not happen?
what alternative solutions do we have at this point?
Types of statements
just related to facts
based on some earlier results
judgments (based on an assumption)
opinion (based on extensive experience of a person)
Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
start by observing facts from several viewpoints
add or remove facts to find reach a particular interpretation
reach a generalized conclusion
Deductive Reasoning
start by observing general premise
reach a specific conclusion
Attitudes important to critical thinking
Clarity of Thought
Fair-Mindedness
Intellectual Courage: beliefs can be misleading
Confidence
Insight: know your personal bias
-Integrity
Curiosity
Intellectual Humility: everyone has a limit to knowledge and skills. Respect the skills and knowledge of the people around you.
Perseverance: work patiently
independence