What is Critical Thinking?
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Critical thinking consists of a mental process of analyzing or evaluating information, particularly statements or propositions that people have offered as true. It forms a process of reflecting upon the meaning of statements, examining the offered evidence and reasoning, and forming judgments about the facts.\n\nCritical thinkers can gather such information from observation, experience, reasoning, and/or communication. Critical thinking has its basis in intellectual values that go beyond subject-matter divisions and which include: clarity, accuracy, precision, evidence, thoroughness and fairness.\n\n[edit] Methods of critical thinking\nCritical thinking has a useful sequence to follow:\n\nItemize opinion(s) from all relevant sides of an issue and collect Logical argument(s) supporting each. \nBreak the arguments into their constituent statements and draw out various additional implication(s) from these statements. \nExamine these statements and implications for internal contradictions. \nLocate opposing claims between the various arguments and assign relative weightings to opposing claims: \nIncrease the weighting when the claims have strong support especially distinct chains of reasoning or different news sources, decrease the weighting when the claims have contradictions. \nAdjust weighting depending on relevance of information to central issue. \nRequire sufficient support to justify any incredible claims; otherwise, ignore these claims when forming a judgment. \n5. Assess the weights of the various claims. \nMind maps provide an effective tool for organizing and evaluating this information; in the final stages, one can assign numeric weights to various branches of the mind map.\n\nCritical thinking does not assure that one will reach either the truth or correct conclusions. First, one may not have all the relevant information; indeed, important information may remain undiscovered, or the information may not even be knowable. Second, one's bias(es) may prevent effective gathering and evaluation of the available information.\n\nCritical thinking may be distinguished, but not separated, from feeling. Refusal to recognize their interaction in real life leads to various forms of self-deception, individually and socially; and at the left, right, and mainstream of economic, political, and religious issues. Further analysis and resources about this interaction may be found in Roderick Hindery (2001): Indoctrination and Self-deception or Free and Critical Thought.
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My views ar based on logic and the data that I can find. If I discover new data that contradicts a view I've had, then I change my view. If I find a mistake, then I change my view.\n\nMany do not, and continue to ardently support what they believe in even if all the data show that the belief is wrong. This is the main reason why I feel belief is a dangerous thing to have.\n\nWhen you use belief as a basis for judgement, it doesn't matter if your belief is true or not. It makes it "right". From there, anything goes. For an example, see terrorists and Iraq.\n\nThe key here should be that people should use critical thinking skills to formulate a logical conclusion based on available facts.\n\nBut it's just too easy to use belief and emotion.\n\n~X~
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education to the world which promotes critical thinking and analytical reasoning without influence of political, religious, or any organization's influence. promote thinking of the world as one and people are not different by color, region, religion, country, or whatever type of label that we're taught to be important.  \n\nwhat political party, religion, or any organization would want to promote and contribute to the cause?
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critical writing is specific.....casual is like free writing or whatever comes to mind
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No matter what age you're referring to, critical thinking skills are acquired through:  math, reading, and writing.  Anything that requires analysis uses critical thinking.  Philosophy, at any grade level is definitely a subject that requires critical thinking.\n\nFor the younger students, book reports where they must analyse what they read is a good start.  New math always requires critical thinking.  Some computer skills require critical thinking.
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just read, think, think think, then right down whatever comes to your brain. After a while, it's the action that's the hardest part not the idea.
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HA! *ahem*\n1. to doubt->to  think-> to qn-> to realise the truth\n2. confirm if your knowledge is true \nflipside:\ncan cause problems when one thinks too much. think argument and divorce..\nso demanding~~~ ;P
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The definition of Ponder is - Thought or thinking is a mental process which allows beings to model the world, and so to deal with it effectively according to their goals, plans, ends and desires. Words referring to similar concepts and processes in the English language include cognition, sentience, consciousness, idea, and imagination.\n\nThinking involves manipulation of information, as when we form concepts, engage in problem solving, reason and make decisions. Thinking is a higher cognitive function and the analysis of thinking processes is part of cognitive psychology.
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Hi\n\nI'm assuming that you're question is asked in an educational context...\n\n'Critical enquiry' is common in HE. \nIt is an examination or appraisal of a source or sources, usually made in order to form an opinion. Evaluating evidence, analysing content, looking for misinformation etc, in order to answer a question. Usually an essay question in HE. \n\nI've included a link below, to an excellent fully functional study skills site.I'm sure you'll find it extremely useful.
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our currant way of thinking
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Ummm... It's not very correct, grammatically...\n\nAlso, I would make a reference to a theory such as Bloom's taxonomy. According to Bloom, there are six different types of questions, some of which require more advanced critical thinking skills than others. The link below can provide you with some basic information.
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Logic\nCritical thinking\nQuantatative reasoning\n\nyou can't live without these tools for life. Without them one is lost and will not be productive.
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cri·tique   n. 1. A critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature.  2. A critical discussion of a specified topic. 3. The art of criticism.\n\ntr.v. cri·tiqued, cri·tiqu·ing, cri·tiques To review or discuss critically.\n\nhttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=critique&db=*\n\nhttp://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/critique.html\nhttp://www1.esc.edu/personal/fmendelsohn/critique.html\nhttp://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/support/Writing/Critiques.html
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Logic is just another word for thinking and using the process of thinking things through to come up with conclusions.\n\nSo if the person is capable of thought, then they should be able to have logic explained to them.
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Ha! Logic, reasoning, science and critical thinking skills are tools of the devil to lure the weak-minded! Blind faith is the only intelligent solution! Besides, I know what God is like because he is described in a book written thousands of years ago, and he has spoken to me, and has ordered me to molest children and do a strip tease before his majesty.
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THINKING is something you can do by yourself, considering the positive and negatives points, and you don't always come to a specific answer.\n\nTEACHING is the opportunity to share some knowledge you have with someone else.\n\nLEARNING is taking the facts that someone or something else has shown or given to you, learning ti apply them and  using them to your own advantage, either positive (good) or negative (bad)
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crtical thinking [reasoning n judgement]\nlymbic system control [control of adrenaline etc.]\nimpulse control\nmemory \nplanning\n\nhope this helped!