1.Awarness of a set of
interrelated Critcal question
2.Ability to ask and answer
critical questions in a
appropriate manner
3.Desire to actively use the
critical question.
Critical Thinking Questions
1.Help react critically to an essay
or to evidence presented in a text
book, in a periodical, or a website
2. Judge the quality of lecture or a
speech 3. Form argument 4. Write
essay based on assignment 5.
Participate in class
Sponge and Planning-For-Gold
Sponge Approach
Advantages
1.The more information you absorb, the more
capable you are of understanding its complexity
2. Relatively passive
Disatvantage
Provides no method
for deciding which
information and
opinions to believe
and which to reject
Planning-For-Gold
(Interactive-Approch)
It stresses active
interaction with knowledge
as it is being aquired
The Myth of the
"Right Question"
Physical Science
Would have question that would most
likely have answers that almost all
reasonable people accept, because
physical world is more dependable
Social
Science
It is less predictable,
so it all depends who
you are with when
asking a question
Efficency of
Asking "Who
Cares"
Some
conversations
might be much
more to you than
too others
Critically evaluated your thoughts. Time is valuble that is when you have to think "who cares" and ask
why is it important
Weak-Sense and Strong-Sense
Weak-Sense
Critically think on a method for
defending your belief you are
engaged in.
Purpose
To resist and annihilate
opinions and reasoning form
your own mind
Strong-Sence
Applying critical
thinking to all claims
including your own.
Purpose
Does not force
us to give up on
belief
The
importance
of Practice
Can't learn
by simply
being told
what to do
Critical Thinking is a
Social Activity
Values in other People
1.Autonomy: encouraging people to pay
attention 2.Curiousity: planning for gold
method really need to listen and read
3.Humanity: even the smartest people
make mistakes 4.Respect for good
reasoning whenever you find it.
Thinking and Felling
Remember
Emotional involvement should not be the primary basis
for accepting or rejecting a position
Keeping a Conversation
Argument
is a combination of two forms of
statements: a conclusion and the reasons
allegedly supporting it