"Critical Thinking Course"

Preface: What is critical thinking?

In particular, critical thinking is the ability to think and do what you can to make a reasonable decision.

The beginning of critical thinking: no matter what the problem, there is a thoughtful attitude, and rational suspicion and reflective attitude;

The core of critical thinking: mastering and applying critical thinking techniques and methods of thinking skills training .

Deciding whether to have critical thinking: coherence and predictability of clarity relevance

Clarity "clarifies the confusion of thought": clarity means to have the conditioning of thinking. The root of confusion is that too many problems are stirred together to think at the same time. So the importance of the undivided, ah, three days fishing two days can catch fish? In fact, I am very much aware of this, including what I am learning now, learning a lot, but all is fur, because my thinking is always scattered, easy to disperse energy, like a fire cooking, on the big, in the pan under the action to move, can the food cooked in the pot? Clarity also means clear, accurate use of concepts and languages. The concept is the cell of thinking, the language is the shell of thinking. It is not always clear that the question can not be expressed, the question cannot be expressed clearly, whether the concept is clear or not, whether the language is accurate or not.

Relevance "get rid of emotional entanglements": relevance means resorting to logical reasoning rather than emotional issues when thinking about a problem. Encounter problems to work hard to solve, instead of looking for psychological comfort, such as others asked to understand no, I generally because of face, said understand, in fact, is not understand, the end is a waste of this valuable exchange opportunities, the back of their own to understand when, has spent do not know how much more than the price. Complex problems are complicated because they need to examine and evaluate large amounts of data to find good solutions, and the biggest obstacle to complex problems is simple habits and lazy thinking. Most people like simple and nasty complex, face complex problems, simply by virtue of their own desire and intuition to make judgments, I often like this, sad ah.

Consistency "Avoid self-contradiction": Inconsistent beliefs can lead people to make wrong decisions. The paradox is the sharpest inconsistency.

Legitimacy "eliminates unreliable beliefs": legitimacy implies the use of authentic and credible beliefs to guarantee. Beliefs based on personal prejudices, emotions, desires are unreliable.

Foresight "refuses to act blindly":

Development of Critical thinking

"Critical Thinking Course"