Everyday people are face with many decisions to make and problems to solve. Decision-making and problem solving is the very core in many aspects of life, yet some decision making are difficult to accomplish. Whether the decisions are big or small, they have to be made. As the decisions are performed, there is a process that one goes through. The purpose of critical thinking is to achieve understanding, evaluate viewpoints, and solve problems. Critical thinking allows a person to find the issue, ask provoking questions, find new solutions, be a good listener, suspend judgment until all the acts have been gathered and considered.
Critical thinking is a term that we hear a lot, but many people do not stop to think about what it means or how …show more content…
My definition of critical thinking means making reasoned judgments that are logical and well thought out. A way of thinking in which you do not accept all arguments and conclusions you are exposed to but rather have an attitude involving questioning such arguments and conclusions. It requires wanting to see what evidence is involved to support a particular argument or conclusion. Involves questions such as: 'How do you know that? Is this conclusion based on evidence or gut feelings?', and 'Are there alternative possibilities when given new pieces of information?' Additionally, involving curiosity, skepticism, and humility. I believe my definition and Pearson’s definition goes hand in hand, he states: “critical here applies to a mental stance of examining ideas thoroughly and deeply, refusing to accept ideas merely because they seem sensible at first thought, and tolerating questions that often lack definitive answers.” (Pearson, 72)
Richard Paul regards his definition of critical thinking as: “Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking, while you’re thinking, in order to make your thinking better.” (Nosich,2) Correspondingly, Paul is saying critical thinking is not just thinking, but thinking which entails self-improvement, to recognize its strengths and weaknesses and, as a result, to …show more content…
Nosich (2012) chapter covers many of impediments such as: advertisements, movies, stereotypes, and egocentric. I think one of the most crucial impediments to critical thinking is Egocentrism. Egocentrism thinking is not considering the rights and needs of others. One does not naturally appreciate the point of view of others nor the limitations in our own point of view. In that same way, egocentrism is “I assume that what I believe is true even though I have never questioned the basis for many of my
Critical thinking is a term that we hear a lot, but many people do not stop to think about what it means or how …show more content…
My definition of critical thinking means making reasoned judgments that are logical and well thought out. A way of thinking in which you do not accept all arguments and conclusions you are exposed to but rather have an attitude involving questioning such arguments and conclusions. It requires wanting to see what evidence is involved to support a particular argument or conclusion. Involves questions such as: 'How do you know that? Is this conclusion based on evidence or gut feelings?', and 'Are there alternative possibilities when given new pieces of information?' Additionally, involving curiosity, skepticism, and humility. I believe my definition and Pearson’s definition goes hand in hand, he states: “critical here applies to a mental stance of examining ideas thoroughly and deeply, refusing to accept ideas merely because they seem sensible at first thought, and tolerating questions that often lack definitive answers.” (Pearson, 72)
Richard Paul regards his definition of critical thinking as: “Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking, while you’re thinking, in order to make your thinking better.” (Nosich,2) Correspondingly, Paul is saying critical thinking is not just thinking, but thinking which entails self-improvement, to recognize its strengths and weaknesses and, as a result, to …show more content…
Nosich (2012) chapter covers many of impediments such as: advertisements, movies, stereotypes, and egocentric. I think one of the most crucial impediments to critical thinking is Egocentrism. Egocentrism thinking is not considering the rights and needs of others. One does not naturally appreciate the point of view of others nor the limitations in our own point of view. In that same way, egocentrism is “I assume that what I believe is true even though I have never questioned the basis for many of my