Critical Thinking

|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...