Vagueness In Critical Thinking

The Army Management Staff College (AMSC) defines critical thinking as a self-directed and disciplined way of thinking, demonstrating mastery of a person’s skills and abilities. Application of this definition creates a tactical analysis of problems with alternative methods from a unique perspective. Development of critical thinking permits an individual to develop a reasonable stand with the ability to defend and create meaningful justifications. The development of analytical thinking skills starts at an early stage of a person 's life (LaMartina & Ward-Smith, 2014). The practice of this form of thinking an approach to issues can also be passed on to people through an educational process. This alters the possibility of such people to be conformed to a certain …show more content…
The application of an embodied meaning as a way of understanding language, a lack of precise equivalence lacks between the meaning of word and sentences. Monella 's case of ambiguity appears to be striking appearing in a strong manner in the argument. This creates some sense of misunderstandings and conflicts. The concept of problematic ambiguity is present in this case. Vagueness as a type of ambiguity seems to be outstanding in this case. A clear lack of boundaries can be seen in applications of certain terms and presentation of evidence in supporting the argument. The sense of ambiguity present in Monella’s reasons affects justification when viewed with a critical mindset. By claiming that the rising costs are due to voluntary neglect by employees. At the same time, the sense of voluntary neglect is tied to the certain traits and characters of employees such as smokers. By associating this behavior to the character of various employees such as smokers presents the argument as an equivocation. The statement describing the ‘Get Well ' initiative as being in alignment with current public health and fitness objectives also proves to be ambiguous (Eichhorn,