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D265 CRITICAL THINKING SECTION 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
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D265 CRITICAL THINKING SECTION 1 QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
Why is it important to think critically? ANS - Individuals can evaluate information objectively, consider
multiple perspectives, and analyze complex situations more effectively
Which definition(s) of critical thinking are most closely aligned to your current thinking? ANS - The
definition about "knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of thought" describes me the best
Which definition(s) of critical thinking do you need more practice or awareness around? ANS - A
definition I need to improve on is "understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence"
Being curious and thinking creatively ANS - 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.
Separating the thinker from the position: ANS - 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 thoughts ANS - 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 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 ANS - 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 own opponents in
arguments
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