what is critical thinking?
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Seeing how many different ways you can/could consider the “evidence” you’re presented with and come to the same And different conclusions than was offered as a contemplation prompt/thought topic
Personal experience allows for one interpretation
Hypothesizing allows for “wonderment” discussions… “Imagine if this….” Without laying claim to absolute knowledge
Second hand knowledge “I know someone who says they experienced such and such” …. This has an Extremely Limited use during a debate and will make you lose perspective and at times tends to become a “fight for the honor of another” You become part of a chum pool (what sharks are fed by us, for us tourists to oohhh and ahhhh at)
Learned or Book Smarts type of knowledge (which changes as we learn more about everything existing within our Universe) is useful And needs to allow for the fact that Others have different information available Always.
Critical Thinking takes all these things into account And allows for the recognition of WHAT TYPE of Perspective you are using while Also being able to clearly announce it as such. To both yourself And others during conversation…. It always allows for a respectful dialogue Without Fail when done by all participating in a discussion…. Some can kill a constructive discussion just with interruptive body language they are so uncomfortable around critical thinking/thinkers…. You’d think it was poison… Beware of that type of folk…. They secretly Hate Good Sportsmanship and would prefer to be the center or ender of whatever companionship is taking place
(that last sentence was a bit hard nosed from personal perspective, please pick it apart and consider some other reasons body language might be speaking something different than what I have interpreted… Or anything else I offered that seemed good for it)
Great question!
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