Critical Thinking Habits
Here is a set of critical thinking habits that can be applied
to situations that are both interactive and introspective.
Here is a set of critical thinking habits that can be applied
to situations that are both interactive and introspective.
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Attentiveness
Description: The human mind has a tendency to
wander, even when we're interested in thinking about a
particular thing. In order to reason rigorously, one thing
that helps is being attentive to how our mind itself is
working. As we notice our mind being distracted, the
automatic reaction is to get frustrated, bored, or give in
to momentary thoughts that flit through the mind. By
being attentive to these mental events we can gently
direct our thoughts back to the issues at hand we are
dealing with. This habit works well on a personal mind,
but it also works well on group and societal
consideration. When a group or society has things to
deal with that require significant reasoning, we can use
things like weekly meetings, task lists, committees of
investigation to which leaders are accountable, and
assignment deadlines to keep the group focused on
resolving issues and critically considering things instead
of waiting to the last minute and making an uncritical
decision based on who ever was in charge at the
moment and whatever opinion they held. On a personal
level when we realize that we're loosing our train of
thought, an important thing is to move from being
frustrated that we're off track to being glad that we've
discovered it and can immediately get back on track.
This makes reasoning so much more pleasant.
Description: The human mind has a tendency to
wander, even when we're interested in thinking about a
particular thing. In order to reason rigorously, one thing
that helps is being attentive to how our mind itself is
working. As we notice our mind being distracted, the
automatic reaction is to get frustrated, bored, or give in
to momentary thoughts that flit through the mind. By
being attentive to these mental events we can gently
direct our thoughts back to the issues at hand we are
dealing with. This habit works well on a personal mind,
but it also works well on group and societal
consideration. When a group or society has things to
deal with that require significant reasoning, we can use
things like weekly meetings, task lists, committees of
investigation to which leaders are accountable, and
assignment deadlines to keep the group focused on
resolving issues and critically considering things instead
of waiting to the last minute and making an uncritical
decision based on who ever was in charge at the
moment and whatever opinion they held. On a personal
level when we realize that we're loosing our train of
thought, an important thing is to move from being
frustrated that we're off track to being glad that we've
discovered it and can immediately get back on track.
This makes reasoning so much more pleasant.
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