SSH 105 : CRITICAL THINKING REVIEW.pdf

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: David Hunter

Document Summary

Robert ennis one of the leading researchers on critical thinking. Critical thinking is reasonable, reflective thinking that is aimed at deciding what to believe or what to do. In that it demands that we have reasons and preferably good ones for the decisions we do. It"s reflective in the sense that it involves thinking about a problem at several different levels or from several different angles all at once, including thinking about what the right method is for answering or solving the problem. 2 main reasons, thinking critically increase our chances of gaining knowledge and knowledge is valuable. Second thinking critically is essential to making up one"s own mind about what to believe or do which is essential to being autonomous and being autonomous is valuable. Autonomous: being able to determine oneself, to decide on one"s own what to believe or do, what sort of life to lead. (this does not mean rejecting tradition.