WGU CRITICAL THINKING -D265
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Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is not just about identifying flaws in others’ reasoning, but also
reflecting on your own reasoning. It’s a meta-skill, meaning you think about how
you think. The emphasis is on being reflective and looking for potential errors or
weaknesses in your logic, which helps you arrive at stronger conclusions and better
decisions.
Why it's important: Critical thinking improves decision-making, helps us
avoid false conclusions, and fosters open-mindedness and intellectual
humility.
Being Curious and Thinking Creatively
This is about having a mindset that doesn’t settle for easy answers. It involves
being open to new ideas and questioning the assumptions or conclusions we might
take for granted. A critical thinker will look at a problem from multiple
perspectives, consider alternatives, and examine different arguments before
forming a solid stance.
Why it's important: Curiosity drives learning, and creative thinking helps
us find innovative solutions to problems or reach deeper insights.
Separating the Thinker from the Position
This point emphasizes emotional detachment from our ideas. It's easy to become
personally attached to our opinions, especially if we feel strongly about a particular
topic. Critical thinking encourages separating the person from the argument, so we
can assess positions without resorting to ad hominem attacks or being defensive.
, Why it's important: It allows for more productive, less emotional debates,
and fosters an environment where ideas can be evaluated on their merits
rather than on personal biases or emotional reactions.
Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity: very important:
being honest about what we know and how we know it, what evidence we have
and what questions are not yet settled; being humble in recognizing the vast
number of things we don't yet know or understand and in recognizing how very
difficult it is to truly know anything at all and so recognizing that the standards are
high and we, most of the time, don't meet them (and that's okay); and being
charitable or having the disposition to attribute the best intentions and most
sophisticated positions and arguments that we can imagine to our opponents in
arguments.
Understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence:
thinking carefully about thinking, about arguments and positions.
Propositions
statements that can be true or false.
Non-propositions
Sentences that are not statements about matters of fact (or fiction). They do not
make a claim that can be true or false.
Exhort
, to urge strongly, Example: Let's go to get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
Command
give an authoritative order. Example: Go to the store later to buy me some cheese.
Don't do that.
Plead/Request
ask for something from someone, often on the verge of begging. Example Would
you please stop that? Please read me a bedtime story!
Question
something asked, a statement that requires an answer Example: What is the capital
of Florida? How much do the pineapples cost?
Perform
carry out, accomplish, or fulfill (an action, task, or function) Example: I hereby
adjourn this meeting. I pronounce you husband and wife!
Simple propositions
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Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is not just about identifying flaws in others’ reasoning, but also
reflecting on your own reasoning. It’s a meta-skill, meaning you think about how
you think. The emphasis is on being reflective and looking for potential errors or
weaknesses in your logic, which helps you arrive at stronger conclusions and better
decisions.
Why it's important: Critical thinking improves decision-making, helps us
avoid false conclusions, and fosters open-mindedness and intellectual
humility.
Being Curious and Thinking Creatively
This is about having a mindset that doesn’t settle for easy answers. It involves
being open to new ideas and questioning the assumptions or conclusions we might
take for granted. A critical thinker will look at a problem from multiple
perspectives, consider alternatives, and examine different arguments before
forming a solid stance.
Why it's important: Curiosity drives learning, and creative thinking helps
us find innovative solutions to problems or reach deeper insights.
Separating the Thinker from the Position
This point emphasizes emotional detachment from our ideas. It's easy to become
personally attached to our opinions, especially if we feel strongly about a particular
topic. Critical thinking encourages separating the person from the argument, so we
can assess positions without resorting to ad hominem attacks or being defensive.
, Why it's important: It allows for more productive, less emotional debates,
and fosters an environment where ideas can be evaluated on their merits
rather than on personal biases or emotional reactions.
Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity: very important:
being honest about what we know and how we know it, what evidence we have
and what questions are not yet settled; being humble in recognizing the vast
number of things we don't yet know or understand and in recognizing how very
difficult it is to truly know anything at all and so recognizing that the standards are
high and we, most of the time, don't meet them (and that's okay); and being
charitable or having the disposition to attribute the best intentions and most
sophisticated positions and arguments that we can imagine to our opponents in
arguments.
Understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence:
thinking carefully about thinking, about arguments and positions.
Propositions
statements that can be true or false.
Non-propositions
Sentences that are not statements about matters of fact (or fiction). They do not
make a claim that can be true or false.
Exhort
, to urge strongly, Example: Let's go to get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
Command
give an authoritative order. Example: Go to the store later to buy me some cheese.
Don't do that.
Plead/Request
ask for something from someone, often on the verge of begging. Example Would
you please stop that? Please read me a bedtime story!
Question
something asked, a statement that requires an answer Example: What is the capital
of Florida? How much do the pineapples cost?
Perform
carry out, accomplish, or fulfill (an action, task, or function) Example: I hereby
adjourn this meeting. I pronounce you husband and wife!
Simple propositions
