Dan Auito
07-20-2007, 09:02 AM
This will make you think! http://images.globalknowledge.com/wwwimages/whitepaperpdf/CriticalThinking.pdf
To become a critical thinker you must ask questions of yourself and everyone else. Critical
thinking is questioning. It is drilling down to clarify meaning, eliminate inaccuracies, improve
comprehension, and strive for intellectually honest results.
Belief-assumption-inference-conclusion is the pathway of logic Grasshopper.
Summary:
Having a point of view influences our purpose.
The nature of our purpose affects the kind of questions that are asked.
The kind of questions that get asked affects the answers/information gathered.
The information gathered influences the way it is interpreted.
The interpretation influences our assumptions.
From assumptions follow implications.
The implications that follow affect our point of view.
The point to remember is that all of the elements are always present no matter what the quality
of one’s reasoning. The trick to becoming a skilled thinker is to practice making distinctions
between the elements and to develop an understanding of the interrelationship of the elements
within your thinking. It is a difficult task that becomes easier with practice.
To become a critical thinker you must ask questions of yourself and everyone else. Critical
thinking is questioning. It is drilling down to clarify meaning, eliminate inaccuracies, improve
comprehension, and strive for intellectually honest results.
Belief-assumption-inference-conclusion is the pathway of logic Grasshopper.
Summary:
Having a point of view influences our purpose.
The nature of our purpose affects the kind of questions that are asked.
The kind of questions that get asked affects the answers/information gathered.
The information gathered influences the way it is interpreted.
The interpretation influences our assumptions.
From assumptions follow implications.
The implications that follow affect our point of view.
The point to remember is that all of the elements are always present no matter what the quality
of one’s reasoning. The trick to becoming a skilled thinker is to practice making distinctions
between the elements and to develop an understanding of the interrelationship of the elements
within your thinking. It is a difficult task that becomes easier with practice.