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|Critical thinking |Analytical thinking |
|Critical thinking means weighing up the arguments and evidence for and |Analytical thinking involves additional processes: |
|against. Edward Glaser, who developed a test of critical thinking, | |
|defined it in this way(1941): | |
|Critical thinking calls for a persistent effort to examine any belief |Standing back from the information given |
|or supposed form of knowledge in the light of evidence that supports it| |
|and the further conclusions to which it tends. | |
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|In other words, Glaser emphasises the importance of the following: |Examining it in detail from many angles |
|Persistence:considering an issue carefully, and more than once |Checking closely whether it is completely accurate |
|Evidence: evaluating the evidence put forward in support of the belief |Checking whether each statement follows logically from what went before |
|or viewpoint | |
|Implications:considering where the belief or viewpoint leads - what...