POLS 1000 Lecture : Lecture 1 Why Do We Have to Think Critically
27 Mar 2012
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Critical thinking: critical negating , devaluing , a good review is still criticism , being critical, critical does not refer to the conclusion, def: thinking process that aims at evaluating. A skill, doesn"t come naturally, must be developed through practice. Intellectual weapon, protect from charlatans, help get a good job, make correct decisions, intellectual self defence: essential in fighting a phenomenon that plagues us today stupidity, allows us to engage in abstract thought. Common bond between literature and politics: desire for immortality, both allows us to transcend, leave traces of existence, most painful and lasting consequence of death: be forgotten. Milan kundera: 1929, czech, distinction between ignorance and stupidity, novels, essays, short stories, in both czech and french, unbearable lightness of being , best intro laughable loves , art of the novel 1986 eng trans, col of essays. Jerusalem address: novel in europe , kundera won jerusalem award in 1985.
