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Day 2: Critical Thinking
Daniel J. Mallinson
Political ScienceStockton University
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Road map
Define critical thinking
Tool for critically analyzing thought
Application
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What is critical thinking?
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What is critical thinking?
Scriven and Paul 1987
“Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined processof actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation, experience,reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide tobelief and action.”
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What is critical thinking?
Scriven and Paul 1987
“Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined processof actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation, experience,reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide tobelief and action.”
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What is critical thinking?
Scriven and Paul 1987
“Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined processof actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation, experience,reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide tobelief and action.”
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What is critical thinking?
Scriven and Paul 1987
“Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined processof actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation, experience,reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide tobelief and action.”
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What is critical thinking?
Scriven and Paul 1987
“Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined processof actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation, experience,reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide tobelief and action.”
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What is critical thinking?
Scriven and Paul 1987
“Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined processof actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation, experience,reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide tobelief and action.”
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What is critical thinking?
Scriven and Paul 1987
“Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined processof actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation,experience, reflection, reasoning, orcommunication, as a guide to belief and action.”
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What is critical thinking?
Scriven and Paul 1987
“Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined processof actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation, experience,reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide tobelief and action.”
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What is critical thinking?
A learned skill (Elder 2007)
“They realize that no matter how skilled they are asthinkers, they can always improve their reasoning abilitiesand they will at times fall prey to mistakes in reasoning,human irrationality, prejudices, biases, distortions,uncritically accepted social rules and taboos, self-interest,and vested interest.”
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A Tool for Breaking Down Thought
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Intellectual Standards
Clarity
Accuracy
Precision
Relevance
Depth
Breadth
Logic
Significance
Fairness
Standards are applied to...
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Elements of Thought
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When we think, we...
... think for a purpose...
... within a point of view...
... based on assumptions...
... leading to implications and consequences.
We use data, facts, and experiences...
... to make judgments...
... based on concepts and theories...
... in attempting to answer a question.
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When we think, we...
... think for a purpose...
... within a point of view...
... based on assumptions...
... leading to implications and consequences.
We use data, facts, and experiences...
... to make judgments...
... based on concepts and theories...
... in attempting to answer a question.
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When we think, we...
... think for a purpose...
... within a point of view...
... based on assumptions...
... leading to implications and consequences.
We use data, facts, and experiences...
... to make judgments...
... based on concepts and theories...
... in attempting to answer a question.
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When we think, we...
... think for a purpose...
... within a point of view...
... based on assumptions...
... leading to implications and consequences.
We use data, facts, and experiences...
... to make judgments...
... based on concepts and theories...
... in attempting to answer a question.
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When we think, we...
... think for a purpose...
... within a point of view...
... based on assumptions...
... leading to implications and consequences.
We use data, facts, and experiences...
... to make judgments...
... based on concepts and theories...
... in attempting to answer a question.
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When we think, we...
... think for a purpose...
... within a point of view...
... based on assumptions...
... leading to implications and consequences.
We use data, facts, and experiences...
... to make judgments...
... based on concepts and theories...
... in attempting to answer a question.
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When we think, we...
... think for a purpose...
... within a point of view...
... based on assumptions...
... leading to implications and consequences.
We use data, facts, and experiences...
... to make judgments...
... based on concepts and theories...
... in attempting to answer a question.
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When we think, we...
... think for a purpose...
... within a point of view...
... based on assumptions...
... leading to implications and consequences.
We use data, facts, and experiences...
... to make judgments...
... based on concepts and theories...
... in attempting to answer a question.
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Breaking it down
We can use the elements of thought, in conjunction withthe intellectual standards, to break down our thinking andthat of others.
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/63ite2/the-colbert-report-the-word---truthiness
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Another Approach
Ask Yourself (Kraus et al. 2013)
1 What am I being asked to believe or accept?
2 What evidence is available to support the claim?
3 What alternative ways are there to interpret the evidence?
4 Rate the evidence/alternatives on 0-10 scale based onvalidity/strength
5 What assumptions or biases came up when doing the abovesteps?
6 What additional evidence would help us evaluate thealternatives?
7 What conclusions are most reasonable or likely?
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Application: Geller and Popoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9w7jHYriFo
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Application: Pit Bull Bans
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