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• Critical thinking


  The analysis of facts to form a judgment
• Critical thinking


  The progressive ability to rationalize matters and think vividly by connecting logical reasoning behind ideas
• Critical thinking


  • One's capacity to think independently and reflect on his or her thoughts objectively, with or without the opinions of other people
• Thinking critically and logical reasoning go hand and hand all the time
• A critical thinker assumes that a presented information is just an assumption, an opinion or a guess unless proven with proper research or apparent evidence
• Critical thinkers will identify, analyze and solve problems systematically rather than by intuition or instinct
• Discoveries and inventions never come up through a popular vote; they are achieved after painstakingly studying a subject matter over and over again
• Characteristics of a critical thinker


  • Determines the relevance and importance of arguments, questions and ideas
  • Understands the connections between ideas
  • Identifies inconsistent reasoning and consistent error
  • Recognizes, appraises and builds arguments
  • Reflects on the justification of their own assumptions, beliefs and values
  • Approaches problem solving in a systematic way, favoring objectively over subjectivity
• We need to become critical thinkers to fight (and eventually, correct) misinformation and disinformation
• Skills needed in critical thinking


  • Observation
  • Analysis
  • Interpretation
  • Reflection
  • Evaluation
  • Inference
  • Explanation
  • Problem solving
  • Decision making
• Not all situations and problems require critical thinking. Even common sense suffices sometimes
• What is important is for you to have the ability to identify the situations that need critical thinking skills when they are needed the most
• Foresight


  The ability to predict future actions, which enables a person to proactively create solutions to impending problems
• Foresight requires inference using existing information gathered through systematic research, keen observation and careful analysis
• Foresight is the important ability to make tentative conclusions and plan logical arguments ahead of time
• Critical thinking aims to come up with the most favorable results in any situation. This is only possible after collecting and evaluation information culled from as many reliable sources as possible
• Critical thinking entails an objective self-evaluation of strengths, weaknesses, preferences and expected outcomes, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel at first
• Critical thinking requires the development and use of foresight
• Decisions made with critical thinking require assessment of projected outcomes after application. This allows proactive solutions as soon as negative outcomes are projected
• Critical thinking does not stop at the application of decisions and their evaluation. Changes are also implemented if there is still room for improvement. For critical thinker, no solution is permanent as problems constantly change
• Critical thinking


  The analysis of facts to form a judgment
• Critical thinking


  The progressive ability to rationalize matters and think vividly by connecting logical reasoning behind ideas
• Critical thinking


  • One's capacity to think independently and reflect on his or her thoughts objectively, with or without the opinions of other people
• Thinking critically and logical reasoning go hand and hand all the time
• One needs to be an active learner who seeks facts and investigates with all means possible rather than to be a passive learner who only waits for information to present itself as the situation permits it
• Critical thinker


  Assumes that a presented information is just an assumption, an opinion or a guess unless proven with proper research or apparent evidence
• Critical thinkers


  • Identify, analyze and solve problems systematically rather than by intuition or instinct
  • Accept information based on quality and not on the quantity of proponents
• Discoveries and inventions never come up through a popular vote; they are achieved after painstakingly studying a subject matter over and over again
• Characteristics of a critical thinker


  • Determines the relevance and importance of arguments, questions and ideas
  • Understands the connections between ideas
  • Identifies inconsistent reasoning and consistent error
  • Recognizes, appraises and builds arguments
  • Reflects on the justification of their own assumptions, beliefs and values
  • Approaches problem solving in a systematic way, favoring objectively over subjectivity
• We need to become critical thinkers to fight (and eventually, correct) misinformation and disinformation
• Skills needed in critical thinking

  • Observation
  • Analysis
  • Interpretation
  • Reflection
  • Evaluation
  • Inference
  • Explanation
  • Problem solving
  • Decision making
• Not all situations and problems require critical thinking. Even common sense suffices sometimes
• Foresight


  The ability to predict future actions, which enables a person to proactively create solutions to impending problems
• Foresight requires inference using existing information gathered through systematic research, keen observation and careful analysis
• Critical thinking aims to come up with the most favorable results in any situation. This is only possible after collecting and evaluation information culled from as many reliable sources as possible
• Critical thinking entails an objective self-evaluation of strengths, weaknesses, preferences and expected outcomes, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel at first
• Critical thinking requires the development and use of foresight
• Decisions made with critical thinking require assessment of projected outcomes after application. This allows proactive solutions as soon as negative outcomes are projected
• Critical thinking does not stop at the application of decisions and their evaluation. Changes are also implemented if there is still room for improvement. For critical thinker, no solution is permanent as problems constantly change
• Observation


  Perceiving your environment to be more aware of the world around you