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PHI-105
What is Critical Thinking?
When you hear Critical thinking, most people will have their own definition of what that
means to them. Long story short, critical thinking is the process of thinking without thinking. In
order to do this, we have to analyze facts in order to form a judgement. Regular thought process
tends to be biased or distorted even in you are unaware of it. Critical thinking is not something
that is universal among people and each person is still subject to irrational thoughts.
To be a critical thinker, a person would need to question and learn with an open mind.
When reading materials for assignments or even news articles that catch your attention, to
critically think, one would need to question the information and not take what you hear or read at
face value. When arguing a point it is important to see and weight the options of both sides to
then form your own opinion about the topic. For me personally, Critical thinking is the idea of
making a decision based on straight facts and be completely emotionally removed from a
subject. I would find it harder for myself to critically think on topics that I would consider a soft
spot in my life because I would automatically go back to being biased with my regular thoughts
and I would be more closed off on hearing another perspective on the opinion.
A personal example of this would be when I applied to be a 911 operator. During the
interview process, you listen to a pre-recorded call and would have to make judgement calls
based on what call you were assigned. I was not able to remove the emotion from my judgement
and did not move forward with the interviews.
PHI-105
What is Critical Thinking?
When you hear Critical thinking, most people will have their own definition of what that
means to them. Long story short, critical thinking is the process of thinking without thinking. In
order to do this, we have to analyze facts in order to form a judgement. Regular thought process
tends to be biased or distorted even in you are unaware of it. Critical thinking is not something
that is universal among people and each person is still subject to irrational thoughts.
To be a critical thinker, a person would need to question and learn with an open mind.
When reading materials for assignments or even news articles that catch your attention, to
critically think, one would need to question the information and not take what you hear or read at
face value. When arguing a point it is important to see and weight the options of both sides to
then form your own opinion about the topic. For me personally, Critical thinking is the idea of
making a decision based on straight facts and be completely emotionally removed from a
subject. I would find it harder for myself to critically think on topics that I would consider a soft
spot in my life because I would automatically go back to being biased with my regular thoughts
and I would be more closed off on hearing another perspective on the opinion.
A personal example of this would be when I applied to be a 911 operator. During the
interview process, you listen to a pre-recorded call and would have to make judgement calls
based on what call you were assigned. I was not able to remove the emotion from my judgement
and did not move forward with the interviews.
