What is critical thinking?

[@JacobBecomesIsrael]

Thx for posting. This is a topic that sorely needs to be discussed in schools and everywhere today, no matter what someone thinks critical thinking is. We have bred a culture of illogical, non-critical thinking people.

[@carlpanzram8789]

Yes!!! You read my mind!

[@cillastar]

I took intro to philosophy a few years back in college. I've always found it interesting and every now and then I will research more to learn more. I came across this and found it VERY interesting. I wish you were my professor! You got me inspired again!

[@sesparker5460]

I am a Thinking Skills teacher and found this very concise and practical. Gracias!!!! From Panama, David

[@teachphilosophy]

Thanks for the kind comment. :) Enjoy your studies, Paul

[@ThePocketbass]

Michael. It's wonderful how I went to this subject, in this case learning more about the Socratic Method, and thinking about the end result being useful for a certain area, and came away with something unexpected. In my case, Bloom's Taxonomy could be very useful in my ongoing attempts at sight reading piano. What a special thing you've done here. Thank you kindly.

[@cartergomez5390]

Good luck with your piano lessons!

[@teachphilosophy]

I agree with you that courage plays a s role in critical thinking.... it's one of those important psychological habits/dispositions/virtues that help us reason well. Virtue theorists love to talk about such virtues. :)

[@teachphilosophy]

Thank you for the feedback, glad it helped. :)

[@heathersisto1119]

I am glad I watched this video because it reinforced my own thinking of what could be wrong with my struggles in learning , and it had a lot to do with your video topic of critical thinking , something I try to do so much better and if what I got from watching it was more critical thinking on my part , in the area's you explained like create ,anatlyze , evaluate , compare and contrast and so much more than I try to explain . I have to watch again and to get a better grasp of it to better apply it to my own critical thinking . I want to say thank you for being a great teacher that cares about how students are thinking to try to make the grade , no matter if they are struggling student or the learning audience . Thanks again teacher , you give strength to so many people with learning video's like these and you too are one of the 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 teachers that make a difference with students that want to learn , how to make better grades , 😃 by becoming a better critical thinker , I am going to try to become a better critical thinker with ways explained in the video . Thanks again , i intend to watch more of your learning videos for more great ways of learning , how to make the good grades .

[@teachphilosophy]

I'm not an expert on ADHD, but I do know friends who have been helped by counselors and/or psychiatrists. They take something or do something that helps them concentrate for hours. Good luck!

[@norbertherriott9761]

The clip is well done and great for high school education for our critical thinking course. Dr. H

[@teachphilosophy]

Thanks for the compliment. Best, Paul

[@teachphilosophy]

sorry to hear that. I'm pretty useless on that type of advice. The best I can say is "see it as an adventure/self discovery." You keep well too,

[@wqeb973]

i will be using this video for my internship training program. thx for the knowledge!

[@teachphilosophy]

Thanks, Everlena. :)

[@teachphilosophy]

Herbert, The videos I have seen are poor because they are too narrow and because the best way to learn CT is like swimming, to practice it. However, there are some excellent books with practice that are appropriate for high school. 2 good informal texts are "Critical Thinking" by Kirby, Goodpaster, & Levine and "Beyond Feelings: A guide to Critical Thinking" by Ruggiero. These texts include exercises and explore creativity, psychology, persuasion.... as well as logic.

[@rudiekazu]

Ayn Rand talked about the difference between an Open Mind and a Active Mind...I have to paraphrase here...I dont remember her exact quote...but she said in essence...Open is open to all ideas and suggestions ... anything goes...where as Active requires concentration and diligence ect.

[@newperve]

I think you can narrow the definition down. Critical thinking is discovering truths and effectively communicating. Some of those truths are those necessary to solve problems. For instance suppose you want to get a payload into orbit with minimum costs. If you discover the truth that making more powerful, heavier rocket that accelerates faster would save more feul than the extra weight (lower gravitational drag) that truth may help you solve your problem.

[@sesparker5460]

Last week we just Finished the Evaluating Arguments module. But I will present this my students..

[@MilknCheeseBunnie]

Nice and sophisticated perspective on the matter. It solves the questions and confusion I have for this subject. It's great! Thank you.

[@midnight851]

This video provides an adept synthesis of principles for a term that's often clouded with overuse (overuse in a general sense). Thanks for going about it in such an approachable manner!

[@teachphilosophy]

Thanks for excellent insight. Your comment should get us thinking critically about my definition of critical thinking. :) Are you saying all forms of "discovering truth" can be reduced to "problem solving." Or just some. I agree some forms are necessary to solve problems, but don't think all are?

[@mettakindness5999]

Great video. Many thanks.

[@shaevlogs9485]

nice video Now i UNDERSTAD what i am suppose to be learning.

[@teachphilosophy]

lol, thanks for the comment. :) It is also challenging to teach in a way that guides students in evaluating, comparing, personalizing, applying concepts....

[@newperve]

I'm actually saying that all forms of "problem solving" can be seen as "discovering truth". Not all discoveries of truths can be seen as problem solving, although that might be because we aren't facing a relevant problem at the time.

[@teachphilosophy]

Thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@keystothebox]

Appears that you have rediscovered the Trivium method of teaching as opposed to something new. The Trivium is a 2500+ year old method popularized by Plato, Socrates, Isocrates, and Aristotle that was to teach critical thinking to liberate the mind.

[@KhaledonIV]

Nice! Courage may also play a serious part. It takes courage to determine accuracy in a given context if it goes against popular or internal desires. I suggest that using reason as a form of thought might well have been outlawed if it were not so beneficial.

[@lucybenson5377]

Excellent video which will help me in my writing. Thank you! Lucy Benson

[@theresanashpatel5802]

Brilliant ! will be using within my teaching - thank you

[@DrReginaldFinleySr]

Great video on CT. Thanks.

[@herbertmolano]

Concise and elegant explanation. Where do you teach?

[@herbertmolano]

Have been searching for an intro video to promote critical thinking at more Glendale CA High Schools. (Already mandatory at one of five high schools 9th to 12th grade) Any more like this?

[@lucilamendezchavez6310]

It's easy undestand this concept

[@dunyasaadi2493]

I like Bloom Taxonomy. I think it is easy to be applied and anyone can use it.

[@stylis666]

I think it's stupid in the way it's presented. The pyramid shape gives a false idea of priority. You can't prioritise tools like this and make one look more important than the other. For instance, if you make a pyramid of how to build a boat from wood with tools, are the hammers and the nails less important than the saw because you use them later than the saw? I think of the bottom of a pyramid as a base, yet the base is the last step in this pyramid and not a base at all. Memory is used as a base for our decisions, but memories come from experience. Memories aren't what you start off with as a baby. I think it's upside down. Also I think that creating and observing should both be in the base. Leaving observations out of the 'taxonomy' is pretty stupid. You can't do any of the steps without it. Edit: I misunderstood Bloom's taxonomy. I thought it was meant to be useful for everyone, but it's meant for educators and not for students.

[@dunyasaadi2493]

you are right. But it could be useful for some students to understand some ideas and it depends on the ability of the teacher who can realize how he could use this pyramid.

[@dodec8449]

1:42 Potential to do what?

[@ThomasKGould]

Wonderful video!

[@VicR914]

This is a very helpful video.

[@ChallengRtHim2]

input, processing, output Trivium = (grammer, logic, rhetoric)

[@ThePeanutbutterkelly]

Thank you!

[@ParanormalMasky]

Great video, helped me alot

[@ashtonkohl1866]

I have had many different types of teachers. Teachers like example "A" are by far one of the worst types of teaching style for me. Considering that I have a not very good memory, I am not very good the recall style of teaching. all my experiences with school I have been able to learn with more of a problem solving style. So with professor "c" would be my best fit because I like to use real life sceneries to help me with my work. Ashton Humphrey Maysville,Ky

[@chriswol2]

A great video!

[@rasielan]

Poor Kartman being picked on. D;

[@teachphilosophy]

Thank you. :)

[@teachphilosophy]

Thanks. :)

[@bossscrillaguy]

So, to put it as simple as possible... Critical thinking is asking "why" of everything?

[@teachphilosophy]

I agree that is an important part of it. :) But, is critical thinking also asking "how"? Evaluating inferences? Being able to create multiple solutions to any problem?

[@samanthagreco1089]

Now that's critical thinking!!

[@samanthagreco1089]

Sorry, that was supposed to be a reply to the post by teachphilosophy below me.

[@luluzhao]

What's the name of the author please?

[@teachphilosophy]

thanks. :)

[@cu99460]

What then is critical discussion? Is that the same thing?

[@neoanderson6032]

When you try to think critically the most important thing is not to think about monkeys.

[@davideffah5795]

The critical thinking mind is an educated mind Please help me

[@stretchopotomus2385]

"It's whatever you think it is"??? oh goodness.

[@NotBen101]

I wish that they taught me this stuff in school

[@adtorresitpro]

lmao. The world is made up of majority homer simpsons.

[@cesargarcia-qh1jj]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewwilliams1857]

Alex Torres *99% lmao

[@stylis666]

I don't think that that is funny any more than I find it funny if someone breaks their neck and lose their sight, hearing and sense of smell and touch. I find it horrible and sad that so many people live like reactive zombies. It leads to bad reasons for having and even defending false beliefs and basing stupid and dangerous decisions on those beliefs causing the suffering and unnecessary deaths of not only themselves but billions of other people as well and that, to me, is not funny at all.

[@Gumikrukon]

8:02 what if your a homeopath? or a monk ? :D :D

[@mikepublic111]

Homeopathy == quackery

[@atomsmasher9411]

Agreed

[@shadi489]

loved ur video

[@teachphilosophy]

Thank you. :)