CRITICAL THINKING

CRITICAL THINKING

1. ELEMENTS OF THOUGHT

   • WHICH ARE THEM?
     • Questions
       • What you are trying to solve
     • Information
       • Data used to solve the question/problem
     • Inferences/ conclusions
       • Figure something out following logically from the information
     • Concepts
       • What we use to make sense of things
     • Implications/ consequences
       • Truths that follow from truths / facts that follow from actions (logically)
     • Purpose
       • What you want to accomplish
     • Assumptions
       • Usually subconscious presuppositions you take for granted
     • Points of view
       • Perspective from which issue is regarded
   • WHAT ARE THEM?
     • 8 elements that make up the process of critical thinking and are essential when we perform it
   • WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?
     • They are used when we answer a question or solve a problem

2. INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS

   • WHICH ARE THEM?
     • Clarity
       • Being understandable , not confusing
     • Accuracy
       • Correctness, lack of error
     • Precision
       • Gives details, exactness
     • Relevance
       • Focuses on information that is important for the issue
     • Depth
       • The information is not shallow or superficial, it is complex
     • Breadth
       • Approaches topic from different perspectives
     • Logic
       • It makes sense
   • WHAT ARE THEM?
     • Standards that need to be taken into consideration in order to evaluate the quality of reasoning about something.
   • WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?
     • They guide us when solving a problem, issue, question, etc. so that we know that the answers we are giving are of good quality.