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Critical thinking
primarily the ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning—to
criticize your own reasoning. "Criticize" here is not meant in the sense of
being mean or talking down or making fun of. Instead, it is used in the
sense of, for example, how a coach might take a critical stance toward a
players' skills—he throws high every time, she does not lead with her foot,
they ride too forward in the saddle, etc. "Critical" here means something
more like "reflective," "careful," or "attentive to potential errors."
Being curious and thinking creatively:
not believing things are simple and settled, being willing to go the next
step and think about all of the possible positions and arguments before
settling into a position.
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Separating the thinker from the position:
, being able to discuss a position without attacking or judging the person
holding the position, without getting caught up in our own attachment to
the position or its antithesis, and without having our identities wrapped
up in a particular viewpoint or opinion.
Knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of thought:
being aware of the flawed patterns of reasoning we are disposed to
engage in, being aware of cognitive biases and mental heuristics (rough
rules that work well enough to survive but don't work in many cases) that
we're prone as a species to have, all in the interest of counteracting these
biases and flaws.
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!
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Critical thinking
primarily the ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning—to
criticize your own reasoning. "Criticize" here is not meant in the sense of
being mean or talking down or making fun of. Instead, it is used in the
sense of, for example, how a coach might take a critical stance toward a
players' skills—he throws high every time, she does not lead with her foot,
they ride too forward in the saddle, etc. "Critical" here means something
more like "reflective," "careful," or "attentive to potential errors."
Being curious and thinking creatively:
not believing things are simple and settled, being willing to go the next
step and think about all of the possible positions and arguments before
settling into a position.
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Separating the thinker from the position:
, being able to discuss a position without attacking or judging the person
holding the position, without getting caught up in our own attachment to
the position or its antithesis, and without having our identities wrapped
up in a particular viewpoint or opinion.
Knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of thought:
being aware of the flawed patterns of reasoning we are disposed to
engage in, being aware of cognitive biases and mental heuristics (rough
rules that work well enough to survive but don't work in many cases) that
we're prone as a species to have, all in the interest of counteracting these
biases and flaws.
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!
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