Essays on Critical Thinking

Creativity is defined as the act of making something happen that represents a person’s own ideas through, feeling and thoughts. Moreover, the definitions given in the context of early years have been established based on children analysing situations and coming up with new ideas or…

This summary is based on Allen’s chapter ‘Smart Thinking’ in his book ‘Smart Thinking: Skills for Critical Understanding and Writing’ (1997). The main focus of this chapter is ‘Smart thinking” Allen attempts to provide the reader with an explanation on how to hone the skill…

What’s the problem? Isn’t it enough that things are as they are? No, because we are sometimes deceived. We need to tell the difference between hard ground and marsh that only looks hard. We need to know whether something is a bear or only a…

Critical reading is an active and worthy procedure of finding. It improves our attention regarding a subject and our capacity to gather information, and thoughts. Critical reading is connecting with critical thinking. Every person has different learning styles. Some are effective readers or some not….

“The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living”-an insight into the art of Critical Thinking In our day and age, critical thinking is not something we generally practice. Most individuals are satisfied with their humble existence, and do not care to explore the reality of the…

“People never change” is a statement I fundamentally disagree with. While people do tend to hold tightly to their beliefs and perceptions, we are capable of growing and developing greatly throughout our lives. Personally, I have changed a great deal over time. The naïve and…

Critical Thinking and Ethics One of the most important aspects of being successful academically is developing the skill of critical thinking. According to “Dictionary.com” (2016), “Critical thinking is the disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded and informed by evidence.” Without this skill, we would…

Scholasticism is a method of critical thought or a school of philosophy that was popular amongst medieval academics and cathedrals. It is characterized by logic, philosophy, reasoning theology and semantics (the branch of logic concerned with reasoning. The medieval Christian thinkers, faced with religious dogmas,…

Critical Thinking and Ethics One of the most important aspects of being successful academically is developing the skill of critical thinking. According to “Dictionary.com” (2016), “Critical thinking is the disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded and informed by evidence.” Without this skill, we would…

“People never change” is a statement I fundamentally disagree with. While people do tend to hold tightly to their beliefs and perceptions, we are capable of growing and developing greatly throughout our lives. Personally, I have changed a great deal over time. The naïve and…