Zenobia MoodyJanuary 20, 2018Philosophy Ineveryday life people have to face a lot of hard decisions to make and a lot problemsto solve.
Problem solving and making decisions is very essential in manyaspects of life, although some decision making and problem solving can be verydifficult to achieve. Critical thinking is a very important life skill toacquire and by learning and mastering this skill, a person will be able to makeall the appropriate decisions throughout their life. According to the reading (http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766),critical thinking is “reacting with systematic evaluation to what you have reador heard.” I believe that it is very important to understand learn how tocritically think things through before just reacting to situations.
Criticalthinking skills allows a person to see all sides of an issue, look for a lot ofdifferent creative alternatives, approaches to problems and make well thoughtout life decisions. When a person can use critical thinking to breakdown whatsomeone is trying to say or breakdown the different options to solve a problemthey can use their knowledge so they can make a smart decision. The differentskills a person needs to obtain in order to learn how to think critically isfirst in order to consider the very importance of the issue and how to addressit correctly. Once the person realizing the importance of the issue they canthen begin to look for a lot more information by asking some very importantquestions about the issue and thinking about the best answers. I feel as thoughthe purpose of critical thinking is to achieve a level of understanding,evaluate viewpoints, and solve problems and making complicated decisions.
Inorder for an induvial to be a better critical thinker they must be able toidentify the issue, ask deep thought provoking questions, find a many newsolutions, be a good listener and learn to not judge people. I feel as thoughwhen you have learn all this and many more things about how to critical thinkthen a lot of decisions that are made can be done so with the best knowledge. Andthis can also help a lot of people live life a lot better in my opinion.
Referenceshttp://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-critical-thinking-definition-skills-meaning.htmlde Souza Rego Pinto Carvalho,Diana Paula; Vitor, Allyne Fortes; Petersen Cogo, Ana Luísa; Euzébia Pereira Santos, Viviane; Ferreira Júnior, Marcos Antonio, Theory of communicateve action: abasis for the development of critical thinking, Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (REV BRASIL ENFERMAGEM), Nov/Dec2017; 70(6): 1343-1346.(4p)
