Wednesday, May 6, 2020
What Are Your Opinions About - 1224 Words
I remember a number of occasions during my early years when I would try to argue with my mother, and in my mother tongue, she would repeatedly say the same words; words that loosely translate to the English language as ââ¬Å"invest a few moments in ââ¬Å"thinkingâ⬠; it will pay good interest. I never really understood what my motherââ¬â¢s words meant, until a few years ago when I realized that she had been advising me to think critically. In our world today, arguments or discussions about oneââ¬â¢s point of view with other parties or individuals are a familiar part of daily conversation. Questions like ââ¬Å"What are your opinions aboutâ⬠¦?â⬠, ââ¬Å"How do you feel aboutâ⬠¦?â⬠are the norm. The ability to convincingly defend and explain one s point of view to others is ofâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦In a deeper sense, critical thinking is self-directed, disciplined, monitored and corrective mode of thinking about any given subject or ââ¬Å"problemà ¢â¬ in which the critical thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing it. Critical thinking involves careful and analytical thinking that finds a ââ¬Å"positiveâ⬠path between different points of the thinkerââ¬â¢s-conceived problem-solving map. It is vital to note that although critical thinking is mainly about problem solving abilities, effective communication is also a vital part of it. On the other hand, reflective judgment is defined [by the Merriam-Webster dictionary] as ââ¬Å"a judgment that proceeds from given particulars to the discovery of a general concept or universal principle under which the particulars may be subsumedâ⬠. In simpler terms, reflective judgment is the ability to evaluate knowledge claims and to explain and defend a point of view on a controversial issue or an ill-structured problem or a problem that cannot be resolved with absolute certainty. Critical thinking and Reflective judgment are often distinguished by the kind of problem-solving they address. Critical thinking focuses on well-structured problems while reflective judgment focuses on the capacity or ability to solve ill-structured problems. In todayââ¬â¢s world, human beings are bound to have conflicting or competing perspectives on a particular subject or issue on a daily basis. On a
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